KO33 Kitano Station 北野駅
Kitano Station, March 2008
General information
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; 139.354639
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
Services
Preceding station Following station Keiō-hachiōji KO34 Terminus Keiō Liner Takahatafudō KO29 towards Shinjuku Keiō Line Special Express Express Keiō Line Semi Express Rapid Local Naganuma KO32 towards Shinjuku Mejirodai One-way operation Takao Line Mt Takao Takahatafudō KO29 towards Shinjuku Mejirodai KO50 towards Takaosanguchi Takao Line Special Express Express through to Keio Line Keiō-katakura KO48 towards Takaosanguchi Takao Line Semi Express Rapid Local
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 Takaosanguchi, of which:
  • 3 are Special Express (Mejirodai, Takao, Takaosanguchi)
  • 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 Takaosanguchi

Station layout

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

The station has two elevated island platforms serving four tracks. Tracks 1 and 2 serve Keiō Line trains bound for Keiō-hachiōji Station and Takao Line trains bound for Takaosanguchi Station. Tracks 3 and 4 serve trains bound for Shinjuku Station.

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 Takaosanguchi, 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.

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)