Tachikawa Station


Station layout

This station consists of four ground-level island platforms serving eight tracks, with an elevated station building located above the platforms. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office. Tachikawa-Minami Station and Tachikawa Kita Station on the Tama Toshi Monorail Line flank Tachikawa Station, and are connected to it by decks. The Lumine department store occupies the upper floors of the station building.

Platforms

Track Layout

History

The Kōbu Railway, which later became the Chūō Main Line, opened the station on April 11, 1889. The Ōme Railway and the Nambu Railway were connected to the station on November 19, 1894, and December 11, 1929, respectively.
The Itsukaichi Line was also connected to the station from July 13, 1930, to October 11, 1944, via a separate track between Tachikawa and Haijima, which was closed following the integration of the operation of the Ōme and Itsukaichi lines under the Japanese Government Railways in April 1944.
With the privatization of Japanese National Railways on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014 the station was used by an average of 160,347 passengers daily, making it the fifteenth-busiest station operated by JR East. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal yearDaily average
2000132,672
2005150,009
2010157,517
2011155,868
2012157,468
2013160,411