Tachikawa Station (立川駅) is in Tachikawa, Tokyo. East Japan Railway Company runs it. The lines served are the Nambu Line, the JC Ōme Line and the Chūō Line (Rapid). It opened on 11 April 1889.
History
Tachikawa Station (立川駅) opened on 11 April 1889 with the Kōbu Railway line from Shinjuku. At first it had a ticket gate on the north side only, and it handled passengers and freight. On 11 August 1889 the line was extended from here to Hachiōji. On 19 November 1894 the Ōme Railway opened from Tachikawa to Ōme. The Kōbu Railway was nationalised on 1 October 1906, and on 12 October 1909 the line was named the Chūō East Line. On 3 March 1916 a freight branch opened from here to Tamagawara.
On 16 June 1929 electric trains began running to Tachikawa. On 11 December 1929 the Nanbu Railway opened from Yashikibun to Tachikawa. On 17 August 1940 the Nanbu link was suspended, and the section from Tachikawa to Musashi-Kaminohara closed. On 1 April 1944 the Nanbu Railway and the Ōme Electric Railway were nationalised. On 11 October 1944 the Itsukaichi Line between here and Haijima was suspended as non-essential, and the passenger service between here and Nishi-Tachikawa ended. On 1 June 1946 the freight branch to Tamagawara was closed.
On 1 June 1949 the Japanese National Railways (JNR) was formed. On 1 October 1950 an evening through train began running from Tokyo to Ōme. On 4 January 1964 a US military tank car ran out of control, hit the station and exploded. The First Department Store was later built on the burned site. On 1 April 1981 a temporary station building and a connecting bridge came into use while the elevated station building was built. On 2 October 1982 the elevated station building was completed, and the Will (later Lumine) station building opened. On 1 April 1987 the station became part of JR East.
On 27 November 1998 the Tama Monorail Tachikawa-Kita station opened. On 4 December 1999 the Narita Express began running from Takao to Tachikawa. On 18 November 2001 Suica became usable. On 10 December 2005 all Azusa trains began stopping here. On 30 September 2007 the platforms were renumbered, and a west ticket gate was added. On 5 October 2007 the Ekute Tachikawa opened, with a south gate.
On 17 March 2012 Super Azusa trains began stopping here, except for one fastest train each way. On 12 March 2022 all Chūō Line express trains, including Azusa, Kai and Hachiōji, began stopping here. On 31 January 2023 smart platform doors came into use on one Nambu Line platform, and on 18 February 2023 on the other. On 16 March 2024 the Narita Express service to the Chūō Rapid Line ended. On 13 March 2026 the mid-distance trains from Ōtsuki and Kōfu stopped running into this station.
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