Yamanashishi Station

Yamanashishi Station (山梨市駅, Yamanashishi-eki) is a railway station of the Chūō Main Line, East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Kamikanogawa, in the city of Yamanashi, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

CO39 Yamanashishi Station 山梨市駅
The south-side building of the station in August 2022
General information
Location	1561, Kamikanogawa, Yamanashi-shi, Yamanashi-ken Japan
Coordinates	35°41′06″N 138°40′59″E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Chūō Main Line
Distance	122.2 km from Tokyo
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	11 June 1903
Previous names	Kusakabe (until 1962)
Passengers
FY2017	1788 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Isawa-Onsen CO41 towards Minami-Otari Azusa Enzan CO37 towards Chiba or Tokyo Isawa-Onsen CO41 towards Ryūō Kaiji Enzan CO37 towards Tokyo Kasugaichō CO40 towards Shiojiri Chūō Main Line Local Higashi-Yamanashi CO38 towards Tachikawa
Location Yamanashishi Station Location within Yamanashi Prefecture Show map of Yamanashi Prefecture Yamanashishi Station Yamanashishi Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Yamanashishi Station is served by the Chūō Main Line, and is 122.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout

The station consists of one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks. The platforms are connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1	■ Chūō Main Line	for Ōtsuki, Hachiōji, Shinjuku and Tōkyō
2	■ Chūō Main Line	(siding)
3	■ Chūō Main Line	for Kōfu, Kobuchizawa, Kami-Suwa and Matsumoto

History

Yamanashishi Station opened on 11 June 1903 as Kusakabe Station (日下部駅) on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Chūō Main Line. The JGR became the JNR (Japanese National Railways) after the end of World War II. The station was renamed to its present name on January 15, 1962. Scheduled freight services were discontinued from November 15, 1982. 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

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1788 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Buses

Name	Via	Destination	Company	Note
Nishizawa Keikoku Line	Erin-ji	Nishizawa Keikoku (Lake Hirose・Kobushigatake)	Yamanashi Municipal Bus
	Non stop	Yamanashi Kōsei Hospital
The Direction of South Circle Line
	Kamikurihara・Hikawa Kōkō・Minamichū	Yamanashi-shi Station
	Kamikurihara・Hikawa Kōkō・Minamichū・Ōno
	Kyū Yamanashi City Hall・Yamanashi Kōsei Hospital・Odaya
	Shōtokuji・Odaya・Yamanashi Kōsei Hospital
	Yamanashi City Hall・Rōjin Kenkō Fukushi Center・Higashi Yashiki・Higashi-Yamanashi Station	Rōjin Kenkō Fukushi Center
	Non stop	Yamanashi City Hall
The Direction of North Circle Line	Yamanashi City Hall・Yawata Jinja・Mizuguchi	Toichi
	Yamanashi City Hall・Higashi-Yamanashi Station・Shitikaichiba・Fujiniki Danchi	Yamanashi-shi Station
	Yamanashi City Hall・Yamanashi City Hall・Rōjin Kenkō Fukushi Center・Yawata Jinja・Mizuguchi・Esohara
	Yamanashi City Hall	Rōjin Kenkō Fukushi Center
Fuefukigawa Fruit Park Line	Fruit Park	Fruit Center

Surrounding area

• Yamanashi High School
• Fuefuki River

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2017年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.

• 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. ISBN 4-16-748701-2.

External links

• JR East Yamanashishi Station