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Yamanashishi Station

Coordinates: 35°41′06″N 138°40′59″E / 35.685064°N 138.683186°E / 35.685064; 138.683186
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Yamanashishi Station

山梨市駅
The south-side building of the station in August 2022
General information
Location1561, Kamikanogawa, Yamanashi-shi, Yamanashi-ken
Japan
Coordinates35°41′06″N 138°40′59″E / 35.685064°N 138.683186°E / 35.685064; 138.683186
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Chūō Main Line
Distance122.2 km from Tokyo
Platforms1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks3
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened11 June 1903
Previous namesKusakabe (until 1962)
Passengers
FY20171788 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Isawa-Onsen
CO41
towards Minami-Otari
Azusa Enzan
CO37
towards Chiba or Tokyo
Isawa-Onsen
CO41
towards Ryūō
Kaiji Enzan
CO37
towards Tokyo
Kasugaichō
CO40
towards Shiojiri
Chūō Main Line
Local
Higashi-Yamanashi
CO38
towards Tachikawa
Location
Yamanashishi Station is located in Yamanashi Prefecture
Yamanashishi Station
Yamanashishi Station
Location within Yamanashi Prefecture
Yamanashishi Station is located in Japan
Yamanashishi Station
Yamanashishi Station
Yamanashishi Station (Japan)

Yamanashishi Station (山梨市駅, Yamanashishi-eki) is a railway station of the Chūō Main Line, East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Kamikanogawa, in the city of Yamanashi, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

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Yamanashishi Station is served by the Chūō Main Line, and is 122.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout

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The station consists of one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks. The platforms are connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

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1  Chūō Main Line for Ōtsuki, Hachiōji, Shinjuku and Tōkyō
2  Chūō Main Line (siding)
3  Chūō Main Line for Kōfu, Kobuchizawa, Kami-Suwa and Matsumoto

History

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Yamanashishi Station opened on 11 June 1903 as Kusakabe Station (日下部駅) on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Chūō Main Line. The JGR became the JNR (Japanese National Railways) after the end of World War II. The station was renamed to its present name on January 15, 1962. Scheduled freight services were discontinued from November 15, 1982. With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company. Automated turnstiles using the Suica IC Card system came into operation from October 16, 2004.

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1788 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Buses

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Name Via Destination Company Note
Nishizawa Keikoku Line Erin-ji Nishizawa Keikoku (Lake HiroseKobushigatake) Yamanashi Municipal Bus
Non stop Yamanashi Kōsei Hospital
The Direction of South Circle Line
Kamikurihara・Hikawa Kōkō・Minamichū Yamanashi-shi Station
Kamikurihara・Hikawa Kōkō・Minamichū・Ōno
Kyū Yamanashi City Hall・Yamanashi Kōsei Hospital・Odaya
Shōtokuji・Odaya・Yamanashi Kōsei Hospital
Yamanashi City Hall・Rōjin Kenkō Fukushi Center・Higashi Yashiki・Higashi-Yamanashi Station Rōjin Kenkō Fukushi Center
Non stop Yamanashi City Hall
The Direction of North Circle Line Yamanashi City Hall・Yawata Jinja・Mizuguchi Toichi
Yamanashi City Hall・Higashi-Yamanashi Station・Shitikaichiba・Fujiniki Danchi Yamanashi-shi Station
Yamanashi City Hall・Yamanashi City Hall・Rōjin Kenkō Fukushi Center・Yawata Jinja・Mizuguchi・Esohara
Yamanashi City Hall Rōjin Kenkō Fukushi Center
Fuefukigawa Fruit Park Line Fruit Park Fruit Center

Surrounding area

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  • Yamanashi High School
  • Fuefuki River

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2017年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  • 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. ISBN 4-16-748701-2.
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