Machida Station (Tokyo)

Machida Station (町田駅, Machida-eki) 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.

JH23 Machida Station 町田駅
The Odakyu Line station building, and the Odakyu Department Store
General information
Location	6-12-20 Haramachida District, Machida City, Tokyo 194-0013 Japan
Coordinates	35°32′39.17″N 139°26′43.07″E
Operated by	JR East Odakyu Electric Railway
Line(s)	JH Yokohama Line Odakyu Odawara Line
Distance	22.9 km (14.2 mi) from Higashi-Kanagawa 30.8 km (19.1 mi) from Shinjuku
Platforms	JR East: 2 island platforms Odakyu: 2 island platforms
Construction
Structure type	At grade (JR East) Elevated (Odakyu)
Other information
Status	Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi")
Station code	JH23 OH27
History
Opened	23 September 1908; 116 years ago (1908-09-23) (JR East) 1 April 1927; 97 years ago (1927-04-01) (Odakyu)
Previous names	Haramachida (until 1980) Shin-Haramachida (until 1976)
Passengers
FY2019	110,899 daily (JR East) 289,419 daily (Odakyu)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Sagamihara JH27 towards Hachiōji Yokohama Line Rapid Nagatsuta JH21 towards Yokohama Kobuchi JH24 towards Hachiōji Yokohama Line Local Naruse JH22 towards Yokohama Preceding station Odakyu Following station Sagami-Ōno towards Hakone-Yumoto, Gotemba or Katase-Enoshima Romancecar Shin-Yurigaoka towards Shinjuku or Kita-Senju Sagami-Ōno towards Odawara Odawara Line Rapid Express Shin-Yurigaoka towards Shinjuku Odawara Line Express Shin-Yurigaoka towards Shinjuku or Yoyogi-Uehara Sagami-Ōno towards Hon-Atsugi Odawara Line Commuter Semi Express Tamagawagakuen-mae towards Yoyogi-Uehara Sagami-Ōno towards Isehara Odawara Line Semi Express Sagami-Ōno towards Odawara Odawara Line Local Tamagawagakuen-mae towards Shinjuku or Yoyogi-Uehara
Location Machida Station Location within Special wards of Tokyo Show map of Special wards of Tokyo Machida Station Machida Station (Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula) Show map of Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula Machida Station Machida Station (Tokyo) Show map of Tokyo Machida Station Machida Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Machida Station is served by the Yokohama Line from Hachiōji to Higashi-Kanagawa.^[2] The station is also served by the Odakyu Odawara Line from Shinjuku to Odawara.

Station layout

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.^{[citation needed]}

Odakyu Line Track layout
Legend
↑Tamagawagakuen-mae 4 3 2 1 Tokyo-Kanagawa Route 3 Tokyo Route 47 ↓Sagami-Ōno

JR Platforms

1,2	JH Yokohama Line	for Higashi-Kanagawa, Yokohama, Sakuragichō and Ōfuna
3,4	JH Yokohama Line	for Hashimoto, and Hachiōji

Odakyu Platforms

1-2	■ Odakyu Odawara Line	for Sagami-Ōno, Ebina and Odawara Hakone Tozan Line for Hakone-Yumoto via Odawara Odakyū Enoshima Line for Shonandai, Fujisawa, and Katase-Enoshima via Sagami-Ōno
3-4	■ Odakyu Odawara Line	for Kyodo, Shimo-Kitazawa, Yoyogi-Uehara, and Shinjuku C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Ōtemachi and Ayase via Yoyogi-Uehara JL Joban Line (Local) for Abiko and Toride via Ayase

History

The JR East station first opened as Haramachida Station (原町田駅) on 23 September 1908.^[2] The Odakyu station opened on 1 April 1927 as Shin-Haramachida Station (新原町田駅), 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 0.4 km (0.25 mi) towards Hachiōji and also renamed to Machida on 1 April 1980 to reduce the walking distance between it and the Odakyu station from 700 m (2,300 ft) to 300 m (980 ft), 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]

Passenger statistics

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]

Surrounding area

• Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts
• Machida Civic Hall
• Machida Municipal Hospital
• Sagamihara, Kanagawa

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 各駅情報（町田駅） [Station Information: Machida Station] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
2. 週刊JR全駅・全車両基地 No.03 [Weekly All Stations and All Depots No.3]. Japan: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. August 2012. p. 27. EAN 4910232440825.
3. Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Japan: JTB. pp. 77–78. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
4. "2014年1月から駅ナンバリングを順次導入します！" [From January 2014, station numbering will be introduced sequentially!] (PDF). odakyu.jp (in Japanese). 24 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
5. Kusamichi, Yoshikazu (28 December 2013). "小田急グループ、鉄道から海賊船まで通しの駅番号…2014年1月から順次導入" [Odakyu Group, station numbers from railways to pirate ships, Introduced sequentially from January 2014]. Response Automotive Media (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
6. "⾸都圏エリアへ 「駅ナンバリング」を導⼊します" [Introduce “station numbering” to the Tokyo metropolitan area] (PDF). jreast.co.jp (in Japanese). 6 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
7. Kusamachi, Yoshikazu (7 April 2016). "JA・JK・JT・AKB…JR東日本、首都圏で駅ナンバリングなど導入へ" [JA, JK, JT, AKB … JR East to introduce station numbering in the Tokyo metropolitan area]. Response Automotive Media (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
8. 各駅の乗車人員 (2020年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2020)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
9. 鉄道部門：1日平均駅別乗降人員 [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: Odakyu Electric Railway. 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.

External links

Media related to Machida Station (Tokyo) at Wikimedia Commons

• JR East Official website (in Japanese)
• Odakyu Official website (in Japanese)