Kitano Station (Tokyo)

Kitano Station
北野駅

Kitano Station, March 2008
Location Hachiōji, Tokyo
Japan
Operated by Keio Corporation
Line(s)
Other information
Station code KO33
History
Opened 1925

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:

The typical hourly weekend off-peak service is:

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 »
Keiō Line
Takahatafudō   Special Express   Keiō-Hachiōji
Takahatafudō   Semi 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.

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Coordinates: 35°38′39.9″N 139°21′16.7″E / 35.644417°N 139.354639°E / 35.644417; 139.354639

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