Ōtsuki Station

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Ōtsuki Station
大月駅
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Ōtsuki Station, August 2006
Location 1-1-1 Ōtsuki, Ōtsuki, Yamanashi
(山梨県大月市大月一丁目1-1)
Japan
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Other information
Station code FJ01 (Fuji Kyuko)
History
Opened 1902
Traffic
Passengers (FY2011, JR East) 5,153 daily

Ōtsuki Station (大月駅 Ōtsuki-eki ?) is a railway station on the Chūō Main Line in Ōtsuki, Yamanashi, Japan, jointly operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Fuji Kyuko.[1]

Lines

Ōtsuki Station is served by the Chūō Main Line (including Chūō Line (Rapid) services) from Tokyo, and is 77.6 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station on the Chūō Main Line. It is also the terminus of the privately operated 26.6 km (16.5 mi) Fujikyuko Line to Kawaguchiko.

Kaiji limited express services and some Azusa and Super Azusa limited express services stop at this station.[2]

Station layout

File:Fuji-Kyuko-Otsuki-Station-01.jpg
Fujikyuko Line platforms 1 & 2, January 2011
File:Otsuki Station platforms 4-5 20060813.jpg
View of JR East platforms 4 & 5, August 2006

The JR East section of the station consists of one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[1]

The Fujikyuko section of the station consists of a single island platform serving two terminating tracks.

Platforms

1, 2  Fujikyuko Line for Fujisan and Kawaguchiko
3  Chūō Main Line for Kōfu, Kobuchizawa, Kami-Suwa, and Matsumoto
 Chūō Main Line for Hachiōji, Shinjuku, and Tokyo
 Chūō Line (Rapid) for Takao, Hachiōji, Tachikawa, Shinjuku, and Tokyo
4  Chūō Line (Rapid) for Takao, Hachiōji, Tachikawa, Shinjuku, and Tokyo
 Fujikyuko Line for Fujisan and Kawaguchiko (through services)
5  Chūō Main Line for Hachiōji, Shinjuku, and Tokyo
 Chūō Line (Rapid) for Takao,Hachiōji, Tachikawa, Shinjuku, and Tokyo

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Chūō Main Line
Saruhashi - Hatsukari
Chūō Line (Rapid)
Saruhashi - Terminus
Fujikyuko Line
Terminus Mt. Fuji Limited Express Tsuru-bunkadaigaku-mae
Terminus Fuji Tozan Densha Tsurushi
Terminus Local Kamiōtsuki

Station history

Ōtsuki Station opened on October 1, 1902.[1] The Fujikyuko station opened on 19 June 1929.[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the JR East station was used by an average of 5,153 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2000 5,825[5]
2005 5,378[6]
2010 5,241[7]
2011 5,153[4]

Surrounding area

References

  • Miyoshi Kozo. Chuo-sen Machi to eki Hyaku-niju nen. JT Publishing (2009) ISBN 453307698X (Japanese)
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