Fuchu Station (Tokyo)
| Foxu ( 府中 ) | |
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 North entrance (July 2017)
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| Location in the network | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 4th |
| abbreviation | KO24 |
| opening | April 15, 1913 |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Foxu |
| prefecture | Tokyo |
| Country | Japan |
| Coordinates | 35 ° 40 ′ 20 " N , 139 ° 28 ′ 49" E |
| Height ( SO ) | 56 m TP |
| Railway lines | |
| List of train stations in Japan | |
The station Fuchū ( Japanese 府中 駅 , Fuchū-eki ) is a train station on the Japanese island of Honshū . It is operated by the Keiō Dentetsu railway company and is located in Tokyo Prefecture in the area of the city of Fuchū .
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Fuchū is an important through station on the Keiō line from Shinjuku to Keiō-Hachiōji , which is operated by the Keiō Dentetsu railway company . All express, express and local trains stop here. This run west to Keio Hachioji and Takaosanguchi , in an easterly direction they travel to Shinjuku or be there for the Toei Shinjuku Line by bound . During the day there are up to twelve trains every hour, during the morning rush hour as many as 15. The bus terminal integrated into the station has seven bus platforms . These are served by two dozen bus routes operated by the companies Keiō Dentetsu Bus , Keiō Bus Chūō , Keiō Bus Higashi , Chūbus and Airport Transport Service .
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The three-storey station stands on the border of the central districts of Fuchūchō (in the north) and Miyamachi (in the south) on a viaduct . The facility is oriented from east to west and has four tracks on the top level, which are located on two completely covered central platforms . Stairs, elevators and escalators connect to the two levels below. The middle one serves as the distribution level and contains shops, customer facilities and the platform barriers . It is connected to the elevated Skynard pedestrian arcade ( ス カ イ ナ ー ド ), which leads to the surrounding buildings in the densely built-up business center of Fuchū. This includes department stores, the Fuchu Green Plaza cultural center and a pachinko arcade. The bus station and taxi ranks can be found at the bottom on street level, there is no actual station forecourt. The shopping center Purarito Keiō Fuchū (formerly called Keiō Fuchū Shopping Center ) with ten floors is built on the north side of the station .
In the 2018 fiscal year, an average of 90,316 passengers used the station every day.
Tracks
| 1/2 | ▉ Keiō line | Takahatafudō • Keiō-Hachiōji • Takaosanguchi |
| 3/4 | ▉ Keiō line | Chofu • Sasazuka • Shinjuku |
history
The Keiō Denki Kidō (predecessor of the Keiō Dentetsu ) opened on October 31, 1916 a section of the Keiō line between Tobitakyū and Fuchū. For almost nine years, the train station was the western terminus. In 1922 the subsidiary Gyokunan Tetsudō was founded, which tackled the construction of a subsequent line to Higashi-Hachiōji (now Keiō-Hachiōji ). Deviating from the Keiō line, it was created in accordance with the newly introduced Local Railway Act in the narrower Cape gauge (1067 mm), as the state had promised funding for it. The connecting line went into operation on March 24, 1925, the different gauges required a change in Fuchū. Due to an intervention by the Ministry of Railways , the funding did not materialize, however, as the new route made competition with the Chūō main line, which ran in parallel at a short distance . On 1 December 1926, the merged Gyokunan tetsudō therefore with its parent company, which then the connecting line on June 1, 1927 on the "Scottish Trail" (1372 mm) umspurte . After the timetable change in May 1928, the trains ran continuously from Shinjuku to Hachiōji.
Due to the limited space, the originally ground level station gradually reached its capacity limits. In 1974 the platforms were lengthened and the barely used freight tracks were removed, but this only brought relief for a short time. The railway company therefore decided to move the line in the center of Fuchū to a 1.6 km long viaduct and to expand the station from two to four through tracks. In addition, eight level crossings near the train station could be removed. Construction began in October 1981 and, because of its complexity, spanned more than a decade. The viaduct went into operation on April 27, 1991, the new station building on March 1, 1993. The neighboring Keiō Fuchū Shopping Center opened its doors on March 20, 1996.
Adjacent train stations
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Web links
- Keiō Dentetsu station information (Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 1 日 の 駅 別 乗 降 人員. Keiō Dentetsu , 2018, accessed February 19, 2020 (Japanese).
- ↑ 京 王 電 気 軌道 株式会社 三 十年 史. (Part 3). National Parliamentary Library digital collection, 1941, accessed February 19, 2020 (Japanese).
- ↑ Keiō Dentetsu (Ed.): 京 王 ハ ン ド ブ ッ ク 2016 . (Keiō Handbook 2016). Tama 2016.
- ↑ Keiō Dentetsu: 京 王 電 鉄 50 年 史, Tama 1998.
- ↑ 第 2 章 首都 圏 の 大動脈 へ. (連 続 立体 交差 事業 の 推進). Keiō Dentetsu, accessed February 19, 2020 (Japanese).
- ↑ 京 王府 中 シ ョ ッ ピ ン グ セ ン タ ー が 生 ま れ 変 わ り ま す! Keiō Dentetsu, January 16, 2018, accessed February 19, 2020 (Japanese).