Tachikawa Station

Location
	Tachikawa Station Location within Tokyo Tachikawa Station Tachikawa Station (Japan)

JC19 JN26
Tachikawa Station

立川駅
JC19 JN26 ; Tachikawa Station; 立川駅
	Lumine Department Store above Tachikawa Station
General information
Location	2-1-1 Akebono-cho, Tachikawa-shi, Tokyo; Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Chuo Main Line; JC Chuo Line (Rapid); JN Nambu Line; JC Ome Line;
Platforms	4 island platforms
Other information
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=958
History
Opened	11 April 1889
Passengers
FY2014	160,347 daily
Services
Location
Location
	Tachikawa Station Location within Tokyo Tachikawa Station Tachikawa Station (Japan)

Station layout

This station consists of four ground-level island platforms serving eight tracks, with an elevated station building located above the platforms. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office. Tachikawa-Minami Station and Tachikawa Kita Station on the Tama Toshi Monorail Line flank Tachikawa Station, and are connected to it by decks. The Lumine department store occupies the upper floors of the station building.

Platforms

1,2	JC Ōme Line	for Haijima, Ome, Oku-Tama JC Itsukaichi Line for Musashi Itsukaichi (via Haijima) (Starting service here)
3	JC■ Chūō Line	for Mitaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo Chūō Line Limited Express Azusa, Super Azusa, Kaiji, Narita Express
4	JC Chūō Line (Rapid)	for Mitaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo (Starting service here)
4	JC Ōme Line	for Haijima, Ome, Oku-Tama JC Itsukaichi Line for Musashi Itsukaichi (via Haijima) (Early morning)
5	JC■ Chūō Line	Chūō Line (Rapid): for Hachioji, Takao, Otsuki Chūō Main Line: for Otsuki, Kofu and Matsumoto (Starts service here)
	JC Chūō Line (Rapid)	for Mitaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo (Starts service here)
	JC Ōme Line	for Haijima, Ome, Oku-Tama JC Itsukaichi Line for Musashi Itsukaichi (via Haijima) ■ Hachikō Line for Komagawa (via Haijima) (Trains from the Chūō Line through service to Ōme Line will stop at this platform)
6	JC■ Chūō Line	Chūō Line (Rapid): for Hachioji, Takao, Otsuki Chūō Main Line: for Otsuki, Kofu and Matsumoto Chūō Line Limited Express Azusa, Super Azusa, Kaiji, Narita Express
6	JC Ōme Line	for Haijima, Ome, Oku-Tama JC Itsukaichi Line for Musashi Itsukaichi (via Haijima) ■ Hachikō Line for Komagawa (via Haijima) (Trains from the Chūō Line through service to Ōme Line will also stop at this platform)
7,8	JN Nambu Line	for Fuchūhonmachi, Noborito, Kawasaki

Track Layout

Track layout around Tachikawa Station^[1]^[2]
	Nambu Line to Kawasaki	Chūō Main Line to Takao, Otsuki, Kofu, Matsumoto
Chūō Main Line to Shinjuku, Tokyo		Chūō Main Line to Takao, Otsuki, Kofu, Matsumoto
	Ōme Line to Haijima, Ome, Oku-Tama

History

The Kōbu Railway, which later became the Chūō Main Line, opened the station on April 11, 1889. The Ōme Railway (presently the Ōme Line) and the Nambu Railway (presently the Nambu Line) were connected to the station on November 19, 1894, and December 11, 1929, respectively.^[3]

The Itsukaichi Line was also connected to the station from July 13, 1930, to October 11, 1944, via a separate track between Tachikawa and Haijima, which was closed following the integration of the operation of the Ōme and Itsukaichi lines under the Japanese Government Railways in April 1944.^[4]

With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014 the station was used by an average of 160,347 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the fifteenth-busiest station operated by JR East.^[5] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2000	132,672^[6]
2005	150,009^[7]
2010	157,517^[8]
2011	155,868^[9]
2012	157,468^[10]
2013	160,411^[11]

References

^ Suzuki, Fumihiko. "Tetsudō Kakusen no Jittai to Mondai o Genchi ni miru (2) - Nanbu Sen, Ōme Sen, Itsukaichi Sen (2)". The Railway Journal (in Japanese) (March 2000, No. 401). Tetsudō Jānaru Sha: 77.
^ Inoue, Kōji (2009). Haisenryakuzu de Hirogaru Tetsu no Sekai - Rosen o Yomitoku & Tsukuru Hon (in Japanese). Shūwa Shisutemu. p. 139. ISBN 978-4-7980-2200-0.
^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 69, 178, 193. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ Ishino, supra, p. 198, vol. II
^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2014年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
^ 各駅の乗車人員　（2000年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
^ 各駅の乗車人員　（2005年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
^ 各駅の乗車人員　（2010年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
^ 各駅の乗車人員　（2011年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
^ 各駅の乗車人員　（2012年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
^ 各駅の乗車人員　（2013年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2 September 2014.