Kai-Yamato Station

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Kai-Yamato Station

甲斐大和駅
Kai-Yamato Station in April 2009
General information
Location1716-1, Yamato-cho Hajikano, Kōshū, Yamanashi
(山梨県甲州市大和町初鹿野1716-1)
Japan
Coordinates35°38′23″N 138°46′51″E / 35.639619°N 138.780703°E / 35.639619; 138.780703
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Chūō Main Line
Distance106.5 km from Tokyo
Platforms1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks3
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedFebruary 1, 1903
Previous namesHajikano (until 1993)
Passengers
2013143 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Katsunuma-budōkyō
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towards Shiojiri
Chūō Main Line
Local
Sasago
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towards Tachikawa
Location
Kai-Yamato Station is located in Yamanashi Prefecture
Kai-Yamato Station
Kai-Yamato Station
Location within Yamanashi Prefecture
Kai-Yamato Station is located in Japan
Kai-Yamato Station
Kai-Yamato Station
Kai-Yamato Station (Japan)

Kai-Yamato Station (甲斐大和駅, Kai-Yamato-eki) is a railway station of the Chūō Main Line, East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Yamato-Hajikano, in the city of Kōshū, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Kai-Yamato Station is served by the Chūō Main Line, and is 106.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout

The station consists of a single side platform and a single island platform. The platforms are located in a cutting, with the station building on ground level, and accessed via an overpass. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1  Chūō Main Line for Enzan, Kōfu, Kobuchizawa and Matsumoto
2  Chūō Main Line (siding)
3  Chūō Main Line for Ōtsuki, Takao, Hachiōji and Tachikawa

History

Kai-Yamato Station was opened on February 1, 1903 as Hajikano Station (初鹿野駅, Kajikano-eki) on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Chūō Main Line. The JGR became the JNR (Japanese National Railways) after the end of World War II. Scheduled freight services were discontinued from April 1966. The current station building was completed in November 1966. With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company. The station was named to its present name on April 1, 1993. Automated turnstiles using the Suica IC Card system came into operation from October 16, 2004.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the station was used by an average of 143 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

  • former Yamato village hall

See also

References

  1. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2013年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  • Miyoshi Kozo. Chuo-sen Machi to eki Hyaku-niju nen. JT Publishing (2009) ISBN 453307698X (in Japanese)
  • JR全線全駅ステーション倶楽部編(上) [Complete JR Line/Station Compendium (Vol. 1)] (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Bunshun Bunko. September 1988. p. 145. ISBN 4-16-748701-2.