Fuchūhommachi Station
府中本町駅 |
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Fuchūhommachi Station forecourt in January 2014
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Location | 1-29 Hommachi, Fuchū-shi, Tokyo 183-0027 Japan |
Operated by | JR East |
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Distance | 27.9 km from Kawasaki |
Platforms | 1 island + 2 side platforms |
Tracks | 6 |
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Website | www |
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Opened | 11 December 1928 |
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Passengers (FY2014) | 17,079 daily |
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Fuchūhommachi Station (府中本町駅 Fuchū-Honmachi-eki?) is a railway station in Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Fuchūhommachi Station forms the western terminus of the orbital Musashino Line from Nishi-Funabashi and Tokyo, and is also served by the Nambu Line from Kawasaki to Tachikawa. It is located 22.8 kilometers from Tsurumi Station on the Musashino Line and 27.9 kilometers from Kawasaki Station on the Nambu Line.
The station consists of a central island platform serving two terminating tracks for the Musashino Line, with two side platforms on either side serving the Nambu Line tracks. Through tracks are used by freight trains continuing to and from Tsurumi on the freight-only Musashino South Line.
The station building is elevated and is located above the tracks and platforms. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
View from Nambu Line platform 1 with the Musashino Line stabling sidings visible above, July 2006
View of the southbound Nambu Line platform 1 from the Musashino Line platforms, November 2012
View looking south from the Musashino Line platforms, November 2012
Musashino Line platforms 2 (right) and 3 (left), November 2012
View of the northbound Nambu Line platform 4 from the Musashino Line platforms, November 2012
View looking north from the Musashino Line platforms, November 2012
The station opened on 11 December 1928. The Musashino Line platforms opened on 1 April 1973. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.