Fujimigaoka Station Explained


Fujimigaoka Station
Native Name:富士見ヶ丘駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Address:Suginami, Tokyo
Country:Japan
Operator:Keio Corporation
Line:Keio Inokashira Line
Code:IN13
Opened:1933
Passengers:13,370 daily
Pass Year:FY2011

, i.e. Fuji View Hill Station, is a railway station on the Keio Inokashira Line in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keio Corporation.

Lines

Fujimigaoka Station is served by the 12.7 km Keio Inokashira Line from in Tokyo to . Located between and, it is 9.4 km from the Shibuya terminus.[1]

Service pattern

Only all-stations "Local" services stop at this station. During the daytime, there are eight services per hour in either direction.

Layout

The station consists of a single ground-level island platform serving two tracks.[2] The station has an above-track station building. Construction of the current station building began in March 2010, and was completed in December of the same year. There are elevators and escalators between the station building concourse and platform, and to the ground level at the north and south exits (though there is no escalator between the station building and ground level at the south exit).

The underground passage that was previously used to connect to the old station building until December 2010 has been maintained as a free passageway for pedestrians to cross the tracks on the south side.

To the west of the station lies .[2] Also to the west of the station is an interchange between the two lines of tracks allowing trains to move from the Shibuya-bound tracks to Kichijoji-bound tracks and vice versa. Because trains are stabled at the depot overnight, there are some morning trains which run from this station to Shibuya.

The toilets are on the second floor, inside the ticket gates. These include multi-purpose toilets.

Platforms

History

The station opened on 1 August 1933.[1]

From 22 February 2013, station numbering was introduced on Keio lines, with Fujimigaoka Station becoming "IN13".[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 13,370 passengers daily.[4]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
1999 13,911
2010 13,468
2011 13,370

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Terada, Hirokazu . データブック日本の私鉄 . Databook: Japan's Private Railways . Neko Publishing . July 2002 . Japan . 206. 4-87366-874-3.
  2. Book: Kawashima, Ryozo . 日本の鉄道 中部ライン 全線・全駅・全配線 第1巻 東京駅―三鷹エリア . Railways of Japan – Chubu Line – Lines/Stations/Track plans – Vol 1 Tokyo Station – Mitaka Area . Kodansha . April 2010 . Japan . 12, 55. 978-4-06-270061-0.
  3. Web site: http://www.keio.co.jp/news/backnumber/news_release2012/nr130118_numbering.pdf. ja:京王線・井の頭線全駅で「駅ナンバリング」を導入します。. Station numbering to be introduced on Keio Line and Inokashira Line. 18 January 2013. News release. Keio Corporation. Japanese. https://web.archive.org/web/20190616182704/https://www.keio.co.jp/news/backnumber/news_release2012/nr130118_numbering.pdf. 16 June 2019. 25 March 2013. dead.
  4. Web site: http://www.keio.co.jp/group/traffic/railroading/passengers/index.html. ja:1日の駅別乗降人員. Average daily station usage figures. 2013. Japanese. Japan . Keio Corporation. 25 March 2013.