Hino Station (日野駅) is an elevated station on an embankment in Hino, Tokyo. JR East runs it on the Chūō Line (Rapid). It opened on 6 January 1890.
History
A small brick footbridge near the station dates from when the Kōbu Railway (甲武鉄道) opened. Its bricks came from Hino Brickworks (日野煉瓦, now closed). Hino Station opened on 6 January 1890 as a Kōbu Railway station. Local residents paid for it with donations. It handled passengers and freight. On 1 October 1906 the Kōbu Railway was nationalised. On 12 October 1909 the station came under the Chūō East Line, later called the Chūō Line.
In 1937 a new station building was built in a folk-style, hip-roofed design, to suit the rice fields around it. When the station moved, only its platforms were moved, so its old track layout stayed in place. The old site is now used by the Railway Technical Research Institute (鉄道総合技術研究所) for civil engineering tests. In June 1937 the station moved a short distance north to its present site, when the line was made double track.
On 1 June 1949 the Japanese National Railways was formed, and the station came under it. On 1 December 1959 freight handling ended. On 1 October 1964 luggage handling ended.
On 1 April 1987 the station became a station of JR East. On 18 May 1993 automatic ticket gates came into use. On 18 November 2001 Suica became usable. On 2 November 2003 a NewDays shop opened inside the station.
On 11 January 2010 the station held a ceremony to mark its opening anniversary, and sold commemorative tickets. On 15 March 2014 the Musashino express (むさしの号) began to stop here. On 31 May 2019 the Midori no Madoguchi closed. On 16 March 2024 the station became directly run by JR East.
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