Anayama Station (穴山駅, Anayama-eki) is a railway station of the Chūō Main Line, East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Anayama, in the city of Nirasaki, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.
CO48 Anayama Station 穴山駅 | |||||||||||
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 Anayama Station in December 2006 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 4248-2, Anayama-cho, Nirasaki-shi, Yamanashi-ken Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°45′04″N 138°24′50″E / 35.751092°N 138.413981°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Chūō Main Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 154.7 km from Tokyo | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | August 1, 1913 | ||||||||||
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| FY2010 | 186 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
editAnayama Station is served by the Chūō Main Line, and is 154.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.
Station layout
editThe station consists of one ground level island platform, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended.
Platforms
edit| west | ■ Chūō Main Line | for Shiojiri and Matsumoto |
| east | ■ Chūō Main Line | for Kōfu, Enzan, Ōtsuki and Tachikawa |
History
editAnayama Station opened on August 1, 1913, as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Chūō Main Line. The JGR became the JNR (Japanese National Railways) after the end of World War II. 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
editIn fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 186 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
edit- Kamanashi River
- Japan National Route 20
- Anayama Post Office
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "山梨県統計年鑑 平成24年刊行" (PDF). Yamanashi Prefecture. November 2012. p. 150・151. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-04-18. Retrieved April 18, 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. 0. ISBN 4-16-748701-2.