| Machida Station | |
| Native Name: | 町田駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Address: | 6-12-20 Haramachida District, Machida City, Tokyo 194-0013 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 35.5442°N 139.4453°W |
| Operator: | Odakyu Electric Railway |
| Line: | Odakyu Odawara Line |
| Distance: | from from |
| Platforms: | JR East: 2 island platforms Odakyu: 2 island platforms |
| Structure: | At grade (JR East) Elevated (Odakyu) |
| Status: | Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi") |
| Opened: | (JR East) (Odakyu) |
| Former: | Haramachida (until 1980) Shin-Haramachida (until 1976) |
| Passengers: | 110,899 daily (JR East) 289,419 daily (Odakyu) |
| Pass Year: | FY2019 |
| Map Type: | Japan Tokyo city#Japan Tokyo Bay and Boso Peninsula#Japan Tokyo#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Machida Station |
is an interchange railway station located in the city of Machida, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East)[1] and Odakyu Electric Railway.
Machida Station is served by the Yokohama Line from to .[2] The station is also served by the Odakyu Odawara Line from to .
JR East Machida Station has two island platforms serving four tracks,[2] with the station building located above and perpendicular to the platforms, and has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.[1] Odakyu Machida Station also has two elevated island platforms serving four tracks, while located inside a station building containing a supermarket and department store.
The JR East station first opened as on 23 September 1908.[2] The Odakyu station opened on 1 April 1927 as, which was renamed Machida Station on 11 April 1976, and the current station building and Odakyu Department Store opened on 23 September 1976. The JR station was moved 0.4km (00.2miles) towards Hachiōji and also renamed to Machida on 1 April 1980 to reduce the walking distance between it and the Odakyu station from 700m (2,300feet) to 300m (1,000feet), to facilitate interchange.[2] [3]
Station numbering was introduced to the Odakyu Line in January 2014 with Machida being assigned station number OH27.[4] [5] In 2016, Number assignments were introduced to the Yokohama Line platforms on 20 August of that year with those facilities being assigned station number JH23.[6] [7]
In fiscal 2019, the JR station was used by an average of 110,899 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[8] During the same period, then Odakyu station was used by 289,419 passengers daily.[9]