Location Kokubunji, TokyoJapan Connections Bus terminal | Opened 1889 | |
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Line(s) ■ Chūō Line (Rapid) Seibu Kokubunji Line Seibu Tamako Line | ||
Kokubunji Station (国分寺駅, Kokubunji-eki) is a railway station in Kokubunji, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Seibu Railway.
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Lines
Kokubunji Station is served by the Chūō Line (Rapid) and is 31.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo. It also forms a terminus of both the Seibu Kokubunji Line and Seibu Tamako Line.
Station layout
The JR East side of the station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office. The Seibu portion of the station has one side of a former island platform (Platform 5) parallel to and north of the JR platforms. Platform 6 is now closed. Platform 7 is further north again but is above and perpendicular to the other platforms.
History
What is now the JR East station opened on 11 April 1889. The Seibu Kokubunji Line platforms opened on 21 December 1894, and the Tamako Railway (present-day Seibu Tamako Line) platforms opened on 6 April 1928.
Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Kokubunji Station becoming "SK01" on the Seibu Kokubunji Line and "ST01" on the Seibu Tamako Line.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2014, the JR East station was used by an average of 108,022 passengers daily (boarding passengers only) making it the thirtieth busiest station served by JR East. The Seibu station was used by an average of 116,316 passengers daily making it the sixth busiest station served by Seibu. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below. Note that JR East figures consider only boarding passengers whereas Seibu figures consider both entering and exiting passengers.