Musashi-Sakai Station (武蔵境駅, Musashi-sakai-eki) is an interchange passenger railway station located in the city of Musashino, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway company, Seibu Railway.
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 North gate of Musashi-Sakai Station, May 2016 | |||||
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| Location | Musashino, Tokyo Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 35°42′08″N 139°32′41″E / 35.70222°N 139.54472°E | ||||
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Lines
editMusashi-Sakai Station is served by the JR East Chūō Main Line, and is also the northern terminus of the short Seibu Tamagawa Line. It is not a major transfer station, and only the slowest services on the Chūō Rapid Line stop at Musashi-Sakai.
JR East
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 South gate of Musashi-Sakai Station, April 2012 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 1-1-2 Sakai, Musashino-shi, Tokyo-to 180–0023 Japan | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Chūō Main Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 25.7 km from Tokyo | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 11 April 1889 | ||||||||||
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| FY 2019 | 68,907 | ||||||||||
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Station layout
editJR Musashi-Sakai Station has two elevated opposed side platforms serving two tracks, with the station building located underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
edit| 1 | JC Chūō Line (Rapid) | for Shinjuku and Tokyo |
| 2 | JC Chūō Line (Rapid) | for Tachikawa, Hachiōji and Takao |
Seibu
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 South gate of Musashi-Sakai Station, May 2016 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 2-1-12 Sakaiminami, Musashino-shi, Tokyo-to 180–0023 Japan | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  Seibu Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Seibu Tamagawa Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 8.0 km from Koremasa | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
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| Station code | SW01 | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 22 October 1917 | ||||||||||
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| FY 2019 | 30,854 | ||||||||||
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Station layout
editThe Seibu station has a single elevated dead-headed island platform serving two tracks, with the station building located underneath.
Platforms
edit| 3/4 | Seibu Tamagawa Line
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for Koremasa |
History
editThe JR station opened on 11 April 1889[1][2] as Sakai Station (境駅). The Tamagawa Line began operations on 22 October 1917. The station was renamed to its present name on 1 July 1919. The current station building was completed in 2008.
Surrounding area
editThe area around Musashi-Sakai has the standard commercial activity common to suburban Tokyo train stations, with branches of the Ito Yokado department store, JR-owned Hotel Mets, and the Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, as well as a shopping street with many restaurants and small shops on the north side. The station has the standard taxi rank and bus stops, servicing bus routes between there and Hibarigaoka Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line to the north and Chōfu Station on the Keiō Line to the south.
It is the nearest train station to the International Christian University and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan headquarters. Tama (formerly Tamabochimae), the second stop down on the Seibu Tamagawa Line, serves The American School in Japan, Nogawa Park, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, and other institutions.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the JR station was used by an average of 68,907 passengers daily (boarding passengers only) making it the 67th busiest JR East station.[3] In the same fiscal year, the station was the busiest on the Seibu Tamagawa Line and the 33rd busiest on the Seibu network as a whole with an average of 30,854 passengers daily.[4]
The passenger figures in previous years are as shown below. Note that the JR East figures only consider boarding passengers whereas the Seibu figures consider both entering and exiting passengers.
| Fiscal year | Daily average | |
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| 2005 | 60,084[5] | 26,679[6] |
| 2010 | 61,666[7] | 28,142[8] |
| 2015 | 66,772[9] | 30,127[10] |
References
edit- ^ Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 202. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
- ^ Kawashima, Ryozo (May 2010). 日本の鉄道 中部ライン 全線・全駅・全配線 第２巻 三鷹駅―八王子エリア [Railways of Japan – Chubu Line – Lines/Stations/Track plans – Vol 2 Mitaka Station – Hachioji Area]. Japan: Kodansha. p. 41. ISBN 978-4-06-270062-7.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ 駅別乗降人員(2019年度1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2019)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 （2005年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ^ 駅別乗降人員 2005（平成17）年度 1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ^ 駅別乗降人員 2010（平成22）年度 1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ 駅別乗降人員(2015年度1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2015)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
External links
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Media related to Musashi-Sakai Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Seibu station information (in Japanese)
- JR East station information (in Japanese)