Torisawa Station

Torisawa Station (鳥沢駅, Torisawa-eki) is a railway station of the Chūō Main Line, East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in the city of Ōtsuki, Yamanashi, Japan.

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Torisawa Station

鳥沢駅
Torisawa Station in May 2016
Location319-2 Torisawa, Tomihama-machi, Ōtsuki-shi, Yamanashi-ken
Japan
Coordinates35.6079°N 139.0031°E / 35.6079; 139.0031
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Chūō Main Line
Distance81.2 km from Tokyo
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedJune 1, 1902
Traffic
Passengers (2014)871 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Saruhashi
One-way operation
 Chūō Line
     Commuter Special Rapid
 Yanagawa
JC29
toward Tokyo
Saruhashi
JC31
toward Ōtsuki
 Chūō Line
     Chūō Special Rapid
Chūō Line
     Commuter Rapid
 Yanagawa
One-way operation
Chūō Line
     Rapid
 Yanagawa
JC29
toward Tokyo
Saruhashi
JC31
toward Shiojiri
 Chūō Main Line Yanagawa
JC29
toward Tachikawa
Location
Torisawa Station
Location within Yamanashi Prefecture
Torisawa Station
Torisawa Station (Japan)

Lines

Torisawa Station is served by the Chūō Main Line / Chūō Rapid Line, and is 81.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout

The station consists of one ground level island platform, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended.

Platforms
1 ■ Chūō Main Line for Ōtsuki and Kōfu
2, 3 ■ Chūō Main Line for Takao, Tachikawa, and Shinjuku

History
The station in February 2006, before rebuilding

Torisawa Station opened on June 1, 1902, as a passenger and freight station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR) Chūō Main Line. With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 871 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1] |}

Surrounding area
  • Torizawa-juku on the old Koshu-kaido
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See also

References
  1. 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 June 2019.
  • 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. p. 145. ISBN 4-16-748701-2.
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