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(Redirected from Okutama Station) Railway station in Okutama, Tokyo, Japan
JC74
Oku-Tama Station
奥多摩駅
Oku-Tama Station in September 2021
General information
Location210 Hikawa, Okutama-machi, Nishitama-gun, Tokyo 198-0212
 Japan
Coordinates35°48′32.8572″N 139°5′47.81″E / 35.809127000°N 139.0966139°E / 35.809127000; 139.0966139
Operated by JR East
Line(s)JC Ōme Line
Distance37.2 km from Tachikawa
Platforms1 island platform
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station codeJC74
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened1 July 1944
Previous namesHikawa Station (until 1971)
Passengers
FY2019966
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Terminus Ōme LineRapidLocal ShiromaruJC73towards Tachikawa
Location
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Oku-Tama Station (奥多摩駅, Oku-Tama-eki) is a passenger railway station in the town of Okutama, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is the western-most station in the Tokyo Metropolis.

Lines

Oku-Tama Station is the western terminus of the Ōme Line, located 37.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Tachikawa Station.

Station layout

The station has one island platform serving two dead-headed tracks. The station is attended.

Platforms

1-2 JC Ōme Line for Ōme, Tachikawa, Shinjuku, and Tokyo
  • The curved island platform. The curved island platform.
  • Dead end of track 1 Dead end of track 1
  • Dead end of track 2 Dead end of track 2

Holiday Rapid Okutama trains and irregular trains are departed/arrived from/at Track 2. The departure melodies are Donguri Korokoro, and differ between Track 1 and 2.

History

The station opened on 1 July 1944 as Hikawa Station (氷川駅). It was renamed Oku-Tama Station on 1 February 1971. It became part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) with the breakup of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.

Route buses

There are bus stops in Hikawa barn which Nishi Tokyo Bus has in the front of the station.

Bus stop No Via Destination Company Note
1 Kawanori-bashi Nippara Shōnyūdō Nishi Tokyo Bus Runs only on weekdays for Nippara Shōnyūdō
Higashi-Nippara
2 Lake Okutama・Mineya-bashi・Miyama-bashi Kamozawa-nishi
Tabayama
Tozura
Kosuge-no-Yu
Lake Okutama・Mineya-bashi・Miyama-bashi・Mount Daibosatsu Higashiguchi Kosuge-no-Yu
Lake Okutama・Mineya-bashi Mineya
Umekubo・Sōdake Lake Okutama
3番 Kamba・Shiromaru Station・Hatonosu Station・Kori Station・Kawai Station (Tokyo) Kami-Hinata
Seitō-bashi
(circular-route) Nagahata・Kamba・Moegi-no-Yu Okutama Station

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 966 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2005 955
2010 902
2015 966

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2020年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2020)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  2. 東京都統計年鑑 平成17年 9 運輸及び通信 [Tokyo Metropolitan Government statistics (fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  3. 東京都統計年鑑 平成22年 [Tokyo Metropolitan Government statistics (fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  4. 東京都統計年鑑 平成27年 9 運輸及び通信 [Tokyo Metropolitan Government statistics (fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

External links

Media related to Okutama Station at Wikimedia Commons

Stations of the Ōme Line and Itsukaichi Line
Ōme Line: JC
Itsukaichi Line:
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