Kita-Fuchū Station is served by the orbital Musashino Line from Fuchūhommachi to Nishi-Funabashi and Tokyo, and is situated 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) from the western terminus of the line at Fuchū-Hommachi.[1]
Station layout
The station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks. The station entrance is on the east side of the tracks, and the station is linked to the Toshiba Fuchu Plant entrance on the west side by an overbridge that is only for Toshiba employees.[2] The station is staffed.
The upper entrance in November 2012
The ticket barriers in November 2012
The station concourse in July 2012
The Toshiba employee-only passageway in November 2012
An overview of the station, with the Toshiba plant on the left
The station entrance in July 2005 before the addition of a passenger lift
The station opened on 1 September 1956, initially as a station on a branch line from the Chuo Main Line known as the Shimogawara Line (下河原線).[2] The line became part of the Musashino Line from 1 April 1973.[3] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.[3]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 15,064 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4] The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 31. ISBN4-533-00503-9.
^ abKawashima, Ryōzō (2010). Chūbu rain : Zensen zen'eki zenhaisen 日本の鉄道 中部ライン 全線・全駅・全配線 第２巻 三鷹駅―八王子エリア [Railways of Japan - Chūbu Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 2 Mitaka Station - Hachioji Area] (in Japanese). Tōkyo: Kōdansha. p. 9/50. ISBN978-4-06-270062-7.
^ abIshino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 73. ISBN4-533-02980-9.
^各駅の乗車人員 (2020年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2020)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
^各駅の乗車人員 （2000年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2001. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
^各駅の乗車人員 （2005年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2006. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
^各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
^東京都統計年鑑 平成27年 9 運輸及び通信 [Tokyo Metropolitan Government statistics (fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.[permanent dead link]
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