Fuchinobe Station

Fuchinobe Station 淵野辺駅
Platforms
Location
Prefecture	Kanagawa (See other stations in Kanagawa)
City	Sagamihara
Ward	Chūō
Neighborhood etc.	Fuchinobe 3-5-16
Postal Code	229 - 0006
(in Japanese)	相模原市中央区淵野辺三丁目5-16
History
Year opened	1908
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR East
Line(s)	Yokohama Line
Statistics	38,577 passengers/day 2008
There is a bus stop near this station

Fuchinobe Station (淵野辺駅, Fuchinobe-eki) is a commuter railway station on the East Japan Railway Company's Yokohama Line located in Chūō Ward, Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is 28.4 kilometers from the terminus of the Yokohama Line at Higashi-Kanagawa Station.

History

Fuchibe Station was opened on September 23, 1908 on the Yokohama Railway. The Yokohama Railway was nationalized on April 1, 1910 and became part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) in 1917. The JGR became the Japan National Railway (JNR) after World War II. All freight operations were discontinued from October 1, 1977. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East.

Lines

• East Japan Railway Company
  • Yokohama Line

Station layout

Fuchinobe Station is an elevated station with a single island platform serving two tracks.

Platforms

1	■Yokohama Line	Machida, Shin-Yokohama, Higashi-Kanagawa
2	■Yokohama Line	Hashimoto, Hachiōji

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Yokohama Line
Rapid: no stop
Kobuchi		Local	Yabe

Surrounding area

• Aoyama Gakuin University
• Obirin University
• Sagamihara City Library

References

• Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7

External links

• Fuchinobe Station (JR East) (Japanese)