Fuchinobe Station
Fuchinobe Station 淵野辺駅 | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Fuchinobe 3-5-16, Chūō, Sagamihara, Kanagawa （相模原市中央区淵野辺三丁目5-16） Japan |
| Operated by | JR East |
| Line(s) | Yokohama Line |
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| History | |
| Opened | 1908 |
| Passengers | |
| 2008 [1] | 38,577 daily |
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
Station layout
Fuchinobe Station is an elevated station with a single island platform serving two tracks.
Platforms
| 1 | ■Yokohama Line | JR East, Shin-Yokohama, Higashi-Kanagawa |
| 2 | ■Yokohama Line | Kanagawa, Hachiōji |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Yokohama Line | ||||
| Rapid: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Kanagawa | 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
- ^ JR East statistics. Average number of incoming passengers in fiscal year 2008.
External links
- Fuchinobe Station (JR East) (Japanese)
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