Fuchinobe Station

淵野辺
Platforms
General information
Location	Fuchinobe 3-5-16
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Yokohama Line

Fuchinobe Station (淵野辺駅, Fuchinobe-eki) is a commuter railway station on the East Japan Railway Company's Yokohama Line located in Chūō Ward, Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is 28.4 kilometers from the terminus of the Yokohama Line at Higashi-Kanagawa Station.

History

Fuchibe Station was opened on September 23, 1908 on the Yokohama Railway. The Yokohama Railway was nationalized on April 1, 1910 and became part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) in 1917. The JGR became the Japan National Railway (JNR) after World War II. All freight operations were discontinued from October 1, 1977. With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East.

Lines

• East Japan Railway Company
  • Yokohama Line

Station layout

Fuchinobe Station is an elevated station with a single island platform serving two tracks.

Platforms

1	■Yokohama Line	JR East, Shin-Yokohama, Higashi-Kanagawa
2	■Yokohama Line	Kanagawa, Hachiōji

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Yokohama Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Kanagawa		Local	Yabe

Surrounding area

• Aoyama Gakuin University
• Obirin University
• Sagamihara City Library

References

• Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0710628617

External links

• Fuchinobe Station (JR East) (Japanese)