Yamanashishi_Station
Yamanashishi Station
Railway station in Yamanashi, 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.
CO39 Yamanashishi Station 山梨市駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 The south-side building of the station in August 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 1561, Kamikanogawa, Yamanashi-shi, Yamanashi-ken Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°41′06″N 138°40′59″E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Chūō Main Line | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 122.2 km from Tokyo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 11 June 1903 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Kusakabe (until 1962) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||
| FY2017 | 1788 daily | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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
| 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 |
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.
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1788 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
| Name | Via | Destination | Company | Note |
| Nishizawa Keikoku Line | Erin-ji | Nishizawa Keikoku (Lake Hirose・Kobushigatake) | 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 |
- Yamanashi High School
- Fuefuki River
- 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.
