Bubaigawara Station

Bubaigawara Station (分倍河原駅, Bubaigawara-eki) is a railway station in Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan, operated jointly by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Keio Corporation.

JN21 KO25 Bubaigawara Station 分倍河原駅
Bubaigawara Station, June 2008
Location	2-21-18 Katamachi, Fuchū-shi, Tokyo （東京都府中市片町2丁目21-18） Japan
Operated by	JR East Keio Corporation
Line(s)	JN Nambu Line KO Keiō Line
Platforms	4 side platforms
Other information
Station code	JN21 (Nambu Line) KO25 (Keio Line)
History
Opened	1925
Passengers
FY2014	39,158 (JR East) daily 89,249 (Keio)

Lines

Bubaigawara Station is served by the Nambu Line, and is 28.8 kilometers from the Nambu Line terminus at Kawasaki Station. It is also served by the Keiō Line, and is 23.1 km from the Keio Line Tokyo terminus at Shinjuku.[1]

Station layout

The JR East and Keio Stations each have two side platforms serving two tracks. The two parts of the station share a common station building and entrance, with both JR and Keio ticket vending machines located side by side.

JR East platforms

The JR East platforms are located at ground level, running west to east.

1	JN Nambu Line	for Fuchū-Hommachi, Noborito, and Kawasaki
2	JN Nambu Line	for Yaho and Tachikawa

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  The Nambu Line platforms viewed from a level crossing to the east of the station, January 2014
• 
  The Nambu Line platforms looking east from platform 2, March 2013
• 
  The Nambu Lines looking west from platform 2, April 2008

Keio platforms

The Keio platforms are elevated and run approximately north to south.

1	■ Keiō Line	for Keiō Hachiōji and Tama-Dōbutsukōen
2	■ Keiō Line	for Chōfu and Shinjuku

• 
  The Keio Line platforms, December 2011

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Nambu Line JN21
Fuchū-Hommachi JN20		Rapid		Tachikawa JN26
Fuchū-Hommachi JN20		Local		Nishifu JN22
Keiō Line KO25
Fuchū KO24		Keiō Liner		Seiseki-Sakuragaoka KO27
Fuchū KO24		Special Express		Seiseki-Sakuragaoka KO27
Fuchū KO24		Semi Special Express		Seiseki-Sakuragaoka KO27
Fuchū KO24		Express		Seiseki-Sakuragaoka KO27
Fuchū KO24		Semi Express		Nakagawara KO26
Fuchū KO24		Rapid		Nakagawara KO26
Fuchū KO24		Local		Nakagawara KO26

History

The Keio Line station opened on 24 March 1925.[1] as Yashikibun Station (屋敷分駅). It was renamed to its present name on 11 December 1928. The JNR (now JR East) station also opened on 11 December 1928.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the JR East station was used by an average of 39,158 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3] In fiscal 2014, the Keio station was used by an average of 89,249 passengers daily.[4]

References

1. Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 205. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
2. 各駅情報（分倍河原駅） [Station Information (Bubaigawara Station)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
3. 各駅の乗車人員 (2014年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
4. 京王グループ 1日の駅別乗降人員 [Keio Group daily passenger station usage (Fiscal 2014)] (in Japanese). Japan: Keio corporation. 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2016.

External links

• JR East station information (in Japanese)
• Keio station information (in Japanese)