Kitano Station (Tokyo)
Kitano Station 北野駅 | |
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| Kitano Station, March 2008 | |
| Location | |
| Prefecture | Tokyo (See other stations in Tokyo) |
| City | Hachiōji |
| History | |
| Year opened | 1925 |
| Rail services | |
| Station number(s) | KO33 |
| Operator(s) | Keio Corporation |
| Line(s) | Keiō Line Takao Line |
Kitano Station (北野駅 Kitano-eki) is a railway station in Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan, and is a junction of the Keiō and Takao Lines of Keio Corporation. It was built in 1925.
Services
All six types of train service stop at this station: local, rapid, commuter rapid, express, semi special express, and special express trains.
Trains run 0445-0050 weekdays and 0450-0045 weekends. The typical hourly weekday off-peak service is:
- 9 trains to Shinjuku, of which:
- 3 are Semi-Special Express (Takahatafudō, Seiseki-sakuragaoka, Bubaigawara, Fuchū, Chōfu, Meidaimae, Shinjuku)
- 6 are Local
- 6 trains to Keiō Hachiōji
- 6 trains to Takao-Sanguchi, of which:
- 3 are Semi-Special Express (Mejirodai, Takao, Takao-Sanguchi)
- 3 are Local
The typical hourly weekend off-peak service is:
- 12 trains to Shinjuku, of which:
- 6 are Semi-Special Express
- 6 are Local
- 6 trains to Keiō Hachiōji
- 6 Local trains to Takao-Sanguchi
Station layout
The station has two elevated island platforms serving four tracks. Tracks 1 and 2 are for Keiō Line trains bound for Keio Hachiōji Station and Takao Line trains bound for Takao Station. Tracks 3 and 4 head for Shinjuku Station.
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Keiō Line | ||||
| Takahatafudō | Special Express | Keiō-Hachiōji | ||
| Takahatafudō | Express | Keiō-Hachiōji | ||
| Naganuma | Semi Express | Keiō-Hachiōji | ||
| Naganuma | Rapid | Keiō-Hachiōji | ||
| Naganuma | Local | Keiō-Hachiōji | ||
| Keiō Takao Line | ||||
| Takahatafudō | Special Express | Mejirodai | ||
| Takahatafudō | Semi Special Express | Keiō-Katakura | ||
| Takahatafudō | Express | Mejirodai | ||
| Naganuma | Semi Express | Keiō-Katakura | ||
| Naganuma | Rapid | Keiō-Katakura | ||
| Naganuma | Local | Keiō-Katakura | ||
History
The station opened on March 24, 1925 as a stop on the Gyokunan Electric Railway, which was absorbed into the Keio Electric Tramway on December 1, 1926. The Goryō Line opened to Tama-Goryō-mae on March 20, 1931 but was suspended on January 21, 1945.
After the war, on October 1, 1967, Keio Teito Electric Railway opened the Takao Line to Takao-Sanguchi, part of which used the old Goryō Line. The station was elevated in the early 1990s. Semi Special Express services began calling here following their creation on March 27, 2001.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kitano Station (Tokyo). |
- Kitano Station information (Japanese)
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Coordinates: 35°38′39.9″N 139°21′16.7″E / 35.644417°N 139.354639°E