Kobuchizawa Station
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Kobuchizawa Station in July 2015
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Location | 1024 Kobuchizawa-cho, Hokuto, Yamanashi (山梨県北杜市小淵沢町1024) Japan |
Coordinates | 35°51′49″N 138°19′01″E / 35.8635436°N 138.3169377°ECoordinates: 35°51′49″N 138°19′01″E / 35.8635436°N 138.3169377°E |
Operated by | JR East |
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Opened | 1904 |
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Passengers (FY2010) | 1,291 daily |
Kobuchizawa Station (小淵沢駅 Kobuchizawa-eki?) is a railway station on the Chuo Main Line in Kobuchisawa in the city of Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Kobuchizawa Station is served by the Chuo Main Line from Tokyo, and also forms the starting point of the rural Koumi Line to Komoro in Nagano Prefecture.
Kobuchizawa Station has two island platforms connected to a wooden station building by a footbridge. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
A soba and udon noodle stand inside the station, July 2015
The Koumi Line platforms, August 2009
The ekiben kiosk on the Koumi Line platform, July 2015
The station opened on December 21, 1904 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). The Koumi Line began operations from the station on July 27, 1933. The JGR became the Japanese National Railways (JNR) after the end of World War II. Scheduled freight services were discontinued from February 1984. With the dissolution and privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Automated turnstiles using the Suica IC Card system came into operation from October 16, 2004.