Hakonegasaki Station

Hakonegasaki Station (箱根ヶ崎駅, Hakonegasaki-eki) is a railway station in Mizuho, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]

Hakonegasaki Station

箱根ヶ崎駅
West entrance, July 2005
Location397 Hakonegasaki, Mizuho-machi, Nishitama-gun, Tokyo
（東京都西多摩郡瑞穂町箱根ヶ崎397）
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Hachikō Line
Distance15.7 km from Hachiōji
Platforms1 island platform
History
Opened1931
Passengers
FY20144,372 (daily)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Kaneko
toward Komagawa
 Hachikō Line
 Higashi-Fussa
toward Hachiōji
Location
Hakonegasaki Station
Location within Japan

Lines

Hakonegasaki Station is served by the Hachikō Line between Hachiōji and Komagawa, with many services continuing to and from Kawagoe on the Kawagoe Line. The station is 15.7 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Hachiōji.

Station layout
View of the platforms, January 2009

The station consists of an elevated station building, built over an island platform serving two tracks, which form a passing loop on the single-track line.

Platforms
1 ■ Hachikō Line for Haijima and Hachiōji
2 ■ Hachikō Line for Komagawa and Kawagoe
■ Hachikō Line for Haijima and Hachiōji (trains starting from this station)

History

The station opened on 10 December 1931.[1] It became part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) with the breakup of the Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987.

The southern section of the Hachikō Line between Hachiōji and Komagawa was electrified on 16 March 1996, with through services commencing between Hachiōji and Kawagoe.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 4372 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area
  • Mizuho Town Hall

References
  1. "Hakonegasaki Station Information" (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
  2. 各駅の乗車人員 (2014年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2016.

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