is an interchange railway station located in the city of

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, Japan, operated by

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...

(JR East) and private railway operator Seibu Railway.

Lines

Kokubunji Station is served by the Chūō Line (Rapid) and is 31.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo. It also forms a terminus for both the Seibu Kokubunji and Seibu Tamako Lines.

Station layout

The JR East side of the station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks. The station has a " Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office. The Seibu portion of the station has one side of a former island platform (Platform 5) parallel to and north of the JR platforms. Platform 6 is now closed. Platform 7 is further north again but is above and perpendicular to the other platforms.

JR East

JR Platforms

Kokubunji Station platform 5 waiting room 20131116.JPG, The passenger waiting room on platform 5, November 2013

Seibu Railway

Seibu Platforms

File:Kokubunji Station platforms 20131116.JPG, The east end of platform 5 viewed from the JR East platforms, November 2013 File:Seibu-railway-Kokubunji-station-tamako-line-platform.jpg, Seibu Kokubunji Station Platform 7, April 2021

History

What is now the JR East station opened on 11 April 1889. The Seibu Kokubunji Line platforms opened on 21 December 1894, and the Tamako Railway (present-day Seibu Tamako Line) platforms opened on 6 April 1928. Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Kokubunji Station becoming "SK01" on the Seibu Kokubunji Line and "ST01" on the Seibu Tamako Line.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 112,090 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 31st busiest in the JR East network. The Seibu station was used by an average of 117,796 passengers daily making it the sixth busiest station served by Seibu. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below. Note that JR East figures consider only boarding passengers whereas Seibu figures consider both entering and exiting passengers.

Surrounding area

North side

* Tokyo Gakugei University * Bunka Gakuen University

South side

Tonogayato Garden is a traditional Japanese garden located in Kokubunji, Tokyo. Its name comes from the region's old name, Tonogayato, Kokubunji village. The garden covers an area of . History The garden was laid out between 1913 and 1915 in the grounds of a v ...

* Hotel Mets Kokubunji *

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* Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

References

External links

Kokubunji Station information
(JR East)
Station information
(Seibu) {{Seibu Tamako Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1894 Chūō Main Line Stations of East Japan Railway Company Stations of Seibu Railway Seibu Kokubunji Line Seibu Tamako Line Railway stations in Tokyo Railway stations in Japan opened in 1889 Kokubunji, Tokyo