Ryūō Station | |
| Style: | JR East |
| Native Name: | 竜王駅 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Address: | Mubanchi, Ryūōshinmachi, Kai-shi, Yamanashi-ken |
| Country: | Japan |
| Coordinates: | 35.6688°N 138.5197°W |
| Line: | Chūō Main Line |
| Distance: | 138.6 km from |
| Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platform |
| Tracks: | 3 |
| Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
| Opened: | December 15, 1903 |
| Passengers: | 2,355 daily |
| Pass Year: | 2017 |
| Map Type: | Japan Yamanashi Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Dot Label: | Ryūō Station |
is a railway station of Chūō Main Line, East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Ryūō-shinmachi, in the city of Kai, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The station is also a container terminal for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).
Ryūō Station is served by the Chūō Main Line, and is 138.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.
Ryūō Station has an elevated station building with one side platform and one island platform, serving three tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Ryūō Station opened on December 15, 1903 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). 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 joint control of the East Japan Railway Company and the Japan Freight Railway Company. A container terminal was established on June 1, 1988. Automated turnstiles using the Suica IC Card system came into operation from October 16, 2004. A new station building was completed in March 2008.
In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 2,355 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Highway buses depart from the south exit.[2]