Kitano Station (Tokyo)

KO33 Kitano Station 北野駅
Kitano Station, March 2008
Location	335-1 Kochigoshi-machi, Hachiōji, Tokyo 192-0911 Japan
Coordinates	35°38′39.9″N 139°21′16.7″E / 35.644417°N 139.354639°E / 35.644417; 139.354639Coordinates: 35°38′39.9″N 139°21′16.7″E / 35.644417°N 139.354639°E / 35.644417; 139.354639
Operated by	Keio Corporation
Line(s)	Keiō Line Takao Line
Distance	36.1 km from Shinjuku
Platforms	2 island platforms
Other information
Station code	KO33
Website	Official website
History
Opened	March 24, 1925
Passengers
FY2019	23,006
Location
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Kitano Station (北野駅, Kitano-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan , operated by the private railway operator Keio Corporation.

Lines[]

Kitano Station is a junction of the Keiō and Takao Lines. It is and is located 36.1 kilometers from the starting point of the Keio Line at Shinjuku Station and is a terminus of the Takao Line.

Services[]

All seven types of train service stop at this station: local, rapid, semi express, express, semi special express, special express trains and Keiō Liner trains.

Trains run 0445-0050 weekdays and 0450-0045 weekends. The typical hourly weekday off-peak service is:

• 9 trains to Shinjuku, of which:
  • 3 are Special Express (Takahatafudō, Seiseki-sakuragaoka, Bubaigawara, Fuchū, Chōfu, Meidaimae and Shinjuku)
  • 3 are Semi-Special Express (Takahatafudō, Seiseki-sakuragaoka, Bubaigawara, Fuchū, Chōfu, Chitose-Karasuyama, Meidaimae, Sasazuka and Shinjuku)
  • 3 are Local
• 6 trains to Keiō Hachiōji
• 6 trains to Takao-Sanguchi, of which:
  • 3 are Special Express (Mejirodai, Takao, Takao-Sanguchi)
  • 3 are Local

The typical hourly weekend off-peak service is:

• 12 trains to Shinjuku, of which:
  • 3 are Special Express from Keiō-Hachiōji
  • 3 are Semi-Special Express from Takaosanguchi
  • 6 are Local
• 6 trains to Keiō Hachiōji
• 6 Local trains to Takao-Sanguchi

Station layout[]

hide Kitano Station Track Layout
Legend
↑Naganuma 4 3 2 1 ↓Keio Hachioji／Keiō-katakura↓

The station has two elevated island platforms serving four tracks. Tracks 1 and 2 are for Keiō Line trains bound for Keio Hachiōji Station and Takao Line trains bound for Takao Station. Tracks 3 and 4 head for Shinjuku Station.

Platforms[]

Adjacent stations[]

History[]

The station opened on March 24, 1925 as a stop on the Gyokunan Electric Railway, which was absorbed into the Keio Electric Tramway on December 1, 1926. The Goryō Line opened to Tama-Goryō-mae on March 20, 1931 but was suspended on January 21, 1945. After the war, on October 1, 1967, Keio Teito Electric Railway opened the Takao Line to Takao-Sanguchi, part of which used the old Goryō Line. The station was elevated in the early 1990s. Semi Special Express services began calling here following their creation on March 27, 2001.^{[citation needed]}

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 23,006 passengers daily.^[1]

The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area[]

• Hachiōji city hall Kitano branch office

See also[]

• List of railway stations in Japan

References[]

External links[]

Media related to Kitano Station (Tokyo) at Wikimedia Commons

• Kitano Station information (in Japanese)