Station code KO33 Opened 1925 Platforms in use 2 | Line(s) Keiō LineTakao Line Passengers (FY2015) 22,357 Phone +81 42-637-2761 | |
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Location 335-1 Kochigoshi-machi, Hachiōji, Tokyo(東京都八王子市打越町335-1 )Japan Address Japan, 〒192-0911 東京都八王子市打越町３３５−１ Similar | ||
Kitano Station (北野駅, Kitano-eki) is a railway station in Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan operated by Keio Corporation.
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Kitano Station is a junction of the Keiō and Takao Lines. It is and is located 36.1 kilometers from the starting point of the Keio Line at Shinjuku Station and is a terminus of the Takao Line.
Services
All six types of train service stop at this station: local, rapid, semi express, 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.
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.