Machida train station
| Machida ( 町 田 ) | |
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 Platforms of Odakyū Dentetsu (2013)
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| Location in the network | Crossing station |
| Design | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 8th |
| abbreviation | JH23 / OH27 |
| opening | September 23, 1908 |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Machida |
| prefecture | Tokyo |
| Country | Japan |
| Coordinates | 35 ° 32 '37 " N , 139 ° 26' 41" E |
| Height ( SO ) | 84 m TP |
| Railway lines | |
| List of train stations in Japan | |
The Machida Station (Jap. 町田駅 , Machida-eki ) is a station on the Japanese island of Honshu . It is a major transportation hub and is located in Tokyo Prefecture in the Machida City area . Operationally, they are two different through stations with the same name, connected by a long pedestrian bridge, the routes of which cross on two levels nearby.
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The two stations each serve a line, on the one hand the Yokohama line of the railway company JR East , on the other hand Odakyū Odawara line of the Odakyū Dentetsu . On weekdays between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. and on weekends between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., three express trains are offered every hour on the Yokohama Line , running from Hachiōji to Higashi-Kanagawa and then via Yokohama to Sakuragichō . The offer is supplemented by three local trains every hour between Hachiōji and Higashi-Kanagawa and between Hashimoto and Sakuragichō. During the rest of the day, there are no express trains and are replaced by local trains (five per hour in the evening, up to 15 during rush hour ), with the majority being tied through to Sakuragichō (in individual cases to Ōfuna ).
On the Odawara-line in Machida about half of the supplementary charge hold Romancecar -Schnellzüge of Shinjuku about Odawara to Hakone Yumoto (one to three compounds hourly). Likewise, all express trains of the types Semi Express , Commuter Semi-Express , Express and Rapid Express from Shinjuku in the direction of Odawara or Katase-Enoshima stop . Into town in the first two types of trains are Yoyogi Uehara for Chiyoda-line of the Tokyo subway by bound . Local trains usually connect Shinjuku with Hon-Atsugi . A total of 16 or 17 trains per hour are offered in each direction during the day, and up to 24 during rush hour.
The bus station Machida Bus Center ( 町田バスセンター , Machida Basu presentation ) is the central hub of the urban and regional bus traffic. It is located just south of Odakyu Station under the viaduct, about 150 meters from JR station. From there, the Kanagawa Chūō Kōtsū company operates over a dozen lines, plus express buses, night buses and airport shuttles from several other providers. Additional bus stops can be found on Haramachida-ōdōri Street, which is a little closer to JR station, and at the north exit of the pedestrian underpass of Odakyū station. These are served by more than 30 additional lines (mostly Kanagawa Chūō Kōtsū ).
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Both stations are in the far west of the Haramachida district and are about 200 meters apart as the crow flies. There is no track connection between the two lines. Since the platforms on both routes are not directly connected, Machida is not considered a tower station . The area around the train stations is one of the leading business centers in the Tama region and is dominated by several high-rise office buildings, shopping centers and department stores . There are also other shops, as well as cultural institutions and public buildings.
The northern through station of the Odakyū Dentetsu is located on a viaduct and is oriented from northeast to southwest. It has four tracks on two completely enclosed central platforms . These are between the second and third floors of the 11-story Odakyu Department Store of the Odakyu Group . Due to the inclined area of the northern end located on the second floor is the distribution level underground, while the southern end part of the viaduct is. There are four main exits. From the southeast exit, a heavily frequented footbridge leads to the ground-level through station of JR East. This also has four tracks on two central platforms, which, however, are oriented from south-east to north-west. The platforms are partially covered and the reception building has the shape of a riding station that spans the layout. The Lumine shopping center is attached to the Reiterbahnhof . Another pedestrian bridge can be reached over the tracks from the eastern end of the platforms. The routes intersect south of Odakyū station and west of JR station at right angles on two different levels.
In the 2018 fiscal year, an average of 406,112 passengers used the two stations every day. Of these, 293,572 were on the Odakyū Odawara Line and 112,540 on the Yokohama Line.
Tracks
- JR East
| 1/2 | ▉ Yokohama Line | Shin-Yokohama • Higashi-Kanagawa • Sakuragichō |
| 3/4 | ▉ Yokohama Line | Hashimoto • Hachiōji |
- Odakyū Dentetsu
| 1/2 | ▉ Odakyū Odawara lineage | Odawara • Hakone-Yumoto • Fujisawa • Katase-Enoshima |
| 3/4 | ▉ Odakyū Odawara lineage | Shin-Yurigaoka • Yoyogi-Uehara • Shinjuku |
history
The private railway company Yokohama Tetsudō opened the entire Yokohama line from Higashi-Kanagawa to Hachiōji on September 23, 1908 . From the beginning, this also included the Haramachida train station ( 原 町 田 ), which was just under 400 meters east of the current location at the transition from the historic main road Tokyo - Kamakura . The Railway Office of the Cabinet (later the Railway Ministry ) leased the line on April 1, 1910 and took it over entirely on October 1, 1917. In the Great Kanto earthquake of September 1, 1923, the station building suffered considerable damage. When the Odawara Kyūkō Tetsudō (today's Odakyū Dentetsu ) planned the construction of the Odakyū Odawara line between Shinjuku and Odawara , the line was originally intended to be brought up to the state train station Haramachida from the northeast. Due to the difficult topography in the Tama hill country , this variant turned out to be too expensive, which is why the railway company changed the route and on April 1, 1927 put the Shin-Haramachida station ( 新 原 町 田 ) into operation, which was a little away from the city center at the time.
From April 1, 1929 to April 1, 1938, that is, until the opening of the Sagami-Ōno station , Shin-Hanamachida was the starting point of the Odakyū Enoshima line in the direction of Fujisawa . While the Odawara Line was operated electrically from the start, the Yokohama Line was electrified in stages: first on October 1, 1932 between Higashi-Kanagawa and Hanamachida, and on April 5, 1941 on the rest of the route to Hachiōji. On March 5, 1972, the Japanese State Railways stopped handling goods in Hanamachida. The Odakyū Dentetsu renamed their station on April 11, 1976 in Machida . This name change went hand in hand with the opening of a new reception building and a department store five months later. The state railway in turn relocated its station four years later to its current location; the new facility, opened on April 1, 1980, was also named Machida. On April 1, 1987, as part of the privatization of the state railway, it became the property of the new company JR East .
Originally, the area around the two train stations was only very sparsely populated and was mainly used for agriculture. However, this began to change in the 1960s. Shopping centers, department stores, high-rise office buildings and densely built-up large housing estates sprang up in quick succession. While the new JR station was modern from the beginning, Odakyū Dentetsu rebuilt its own station several times and adapted it to the changed requirements.
Adjacent train stations
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Web links
- JR East Station Information (Japanese)
- Station information of Odakyū Dentetsu (Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Weekday timetable in the direction of Higashi-Kanagawa. JR East , 2020, accessed May 27, 2020 (Japanese).
- ^ Romancecar Timetables. Odakyū Dentetsu , 2020, accessed May 27, 2020 (Japanese).
- ↑ Weekday schedule to Shinjuku. Odakyū Dentetsu , 2020, accessed May 27, 2020 (Japanese).
- ↑ 鉄 道 部門 ： 1 日 平均 駅 別 乗 降 人員. Odakyū Dentetsu , 2018, accessed May 27, 2020 (Japanese).
- ↑ 各 駅 の 乗車 人員. JR East , 2018, accessed May 27, 2020 (Japanese).
- ↑ Shunzō Miyawaki, Katsumasa Harada: 全線 全 駅 鉄 道 の 旅 4 関 東 JR 私 鉄 2100 キ ロ . Shogakukan, Chiyoda 1991, ISBN 978-4-09-395304-7 , pp. 80 .
- ↑ Hirokazu Hasegawa: 横 浜 の 鉄 道 物語 . JTB Publishing, Tokyo 2004, ISBN 4-533-05622-9 , pp. 70 .
- ↑ 地方 鉄 道 運輸 開始. In: Official Gazette. National Parliamentary Library , April 8, 1927, accessed May 27, 2020 (Japanese).
- ↑ Satoshi Kubo: 神奈川 往還 ・ 絹 の 道 横 浜 線 . In: Tetsudō Fan . No. 658 . Koyusha, Naha February 2016, pp. 115 .
- ↑ Tetsu Ishino (Ed.): 停車場 変 遷 大 辞典 国 鉄 ・ JR 編 . (Station change directory JNR / JR). JTB Publishin, Tokyo 1998, ISBN 4-533-02980-9 , pp. 77-78 .