Hachioji Station (八王子駅) is in Hachiōji, Tokyo. East Japan Railway Company and Japan Freight Railway Company run it. The lines served are the Hachikō Line, the Yokohama Line and the Chūō Line (Rapid). It opened on 11 August 1889.
History
The first station stood north-east of the present site, near the Hachiōji joint government building (八王子合同庁舎). Hachioji Station (八王子駅) opened on 11 August 1889 with the Kōbu Railway line from Tachikawa, as a general station. In 1901 the government railway extended to Uenohara, and the station moved a short distance west. On 1 October 1906 the Kōbu Railway was nationalised. On 12 October 1909 the line was named the Chūō East Line. On 1 May 1911 the Chūō West Line was extended to Kiso-Fukushima, and the Chūō East Line became the Chūō Main Line.
On 1 April 1910 the Railway Ministry leased the Yokohama Line, which was called the Happin Line. On 1 October 1917 the Yokohama Line was nationalised. On 20 December 1930 the Chūō Main Line was electrified between Tachikawa and Asakawa (now Takao). On 10 December 1931 the Hachikō Line opened. On 4 August 1938 the station was rebuilt for the Chūō Main Line double track. On 5 April 1941 the Yokohama Line was electrified from Haramachi-da to Hachioji. On 2 August 1945 the station was burned in the Hachioji air raid. Trains resumed on 3 August 1945, and the full line reopened by 5 August 1945. A temporary station building was completed on 6 October 1945.
On 1 April 1949 the south exit opened. On 1 June 1949 the Japanese National Railways (JNR) was formed. On 15 April 1952 a new station building was completed at the present site. In April 1980 work began to build the elevated station building. In May 1981 the station moved to a temporary building. On 16 September 1983 the north-south pedestrian passage opened. On 1 November 1983 the station building Hachioji Now opened, with Hachioji Seibu (そごう) as its anchor store. On 1 April 1987 the JNR station was split up, and it became part of JR East and Japan Freight Railway Company.
On 16 March 1991 electric trains of the Sagami Line began running into Hachioji in the mornings and evenings. On 21 September 1993 automatic ticket gates came into use. On 14 March 1997 the Hachioji Tokyu Square north building opened. On 18 November 2001 Suica became usable. On 11 August 2009 the station marked its anniversary, and a city official served as station master for a day. On 11 November 2010 the Serio Hachioji building opened on the south side. On 31 January 2012 Seibu Hachioji store closed. On 25 October 2012 Hachioji Now was renewed as Serio Hachioji North.
On 5 April 2014 the Mulberry Bridge was extended to Keio-Hachioji along the Aileroad. The bridge was named after 桑都 (Sōto), the silk city of Hachioji. On 12 May 2019 the Bu Plaza closed. On 5 April 2020 the Mulberry Bridge was extended to the Yūroad shopping street on the west radial. On 11 March 2022 the Sagami Line morning and evening service into Hachioji ended. On 16 March 2024 Narita Express trains stopped running to the station. On 25 March 2024 smart platform doors came into use on the Yokohama Line platforms.
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