is an interchange

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located in the city of

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, Japan, operated by

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(JR East) and

Odakyu Electric Railway , commonly known as Odakyū, is a major railway company based in Tokyo, Japan, best known for its '' Romancecar'' series of limited express trains from Tokyo to Odawara, Enoshima, Tama New Town, and Hakone. The Odakyu Electric Railway Company f ...

Lines

Machida Station is served by the

Yokohama Line The Yokohama Line () is a Japanese railway line of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) connecting Higashi-Kanagawa Station in Yokohama, Kanagawa and Hachiōji Station in Hachiōji, Tokyo. The line forms part of what JR East refers to as t ...

from to . The station is also served by the

Odakyu Odawara Line , commonly known as Odakyū, is a major railway company based in Tokyo, Japan, best known for its '' Romancecar'' series of limited express trains from Tokyo to Odawara, Enoshima, Tama New Town, and Hakone. The Odakyu Electric Railway Company ...

from to .

Station layout

JR East Machida Station has two

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s serving four tracks, with the station building located above and perpendicular to the platforms, and has a "

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" staffed ticket office. Odakyu Machida Station also has two elevated

s serving four tracks, while located inside a station building containing a supermarket and department store.

JR Platforms

Odakyu Platforms

History

The JR East station first opened as on 23 September 1908. The Odakyu station opened on 1 April 1927 as , which was renamed Machida Station on 11 April 1976, and the current station building and Odakyu Department Store opened on 23 September 1976. The JR station was moved towards Hachiōji and also renamed to Machida on 1 April 1980 to reduce the walking distance between it and the Odakyu station from to , to facilitate interchange.

Station numbering Station numbering is a sign system which assigns station codes consisting of a few letters and numbers to train stations. It aims to facilitate navigation for foreign travelers not familiar with the local language by using globally understood c ...

was introduced to the Odakyu Line in January 2014 with Machida being assigned station number OH27. In 2016, Number assignments were introduced to the Yokohama Line platforms on 20 August of that year with those facilities being assigned station number JH23.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR station was used by an average of 110,899 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). During the same period, then Odakyu station was used by 289,419 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

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* Machida Civic Hall * Machida Municipal Hospital *

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References

External links

* JR East * Odakyu {{Odakyu Odawara Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1908 Railway stations in Japan opened in 1927 Yokohama Line Odakyu Odawara Line Railway stations in Tokyo Stations of East Japan Railway Company Stations of Odakyu Electric Railway Machida, Tokyo