Takao Station (高尾駅) is a ground-level station in Hachioji, Tokyo. East Japan Railway Company runs it on the Chuo Line (Rapid). The Keio Electric Railway also has a station here. It opened on 1 August 1901 as Asakawa Station.
History
Takao Station opened on 1 August 1901 as Asakawa Station on the government railway, handling passengers and freight. On 12 October 1909 it became part of the Chuo East Line, which was renamed the Chuo Line in 1911. On 25 May 1945 US carrier aircraft damaged freight cars. On 8 July 1945 carrier aircraft fired machine guns at the station building, and bullet holes remain. On 1 June 1949 the Japanese National Railways was formed.
On 20 April 1960 freight handling ended. On 20 March 1961 the station was renamed Takao Station. On 1 October 1967 the Keio Teito Electric Railway Takao Line opened. On 19 April 1969 a south ticket gate was installed at the national railway station. On 14 March 1985 luggage handling at the national railway station ended. On 1 April 1987, when national railways were split up, the Chuo Line station passed to JR East.
On 29 October 1993 automatic ticket gates came into use at the JR north exit. In 1997 the JR station was chosen for the Kanto list of selected stations. The reason given was a charming station in temple and shrine style, known as the entrance to Mount Takao. The Keio Teito Electric Railway was not eligible at that time. On 27 March 2001 a Keio timetable change created a semi-express service that stopped here. Suica could be used at JR East from 18 November 2001. On 1 December 2001 the Alps express was abolished. After that, no JR East express trains other than the Narita Express stopped here. The Narita Express started and ended its runs here. On 26 January 2002 track work began for a new down passing track on the Chuo Line.
On 2 March 2003 the down passing track came into use, and the down main line moved from track four to the passing track. On 18 March 2007 PASMO could be used on Keio. On 28 August 2008 heavy rain caused a landslide near the tunnel entrance on the Keio line toward Takaosanguchi. A train ran onto the soil and derailed. Both JR and Keio suffered damage. In June 2014 the Keibundo bookshop inside the Keio ticket gate closed.
On 13 March 2021 the Narita Express began running to and from Hachioji, so no express trains stopped at this JR station. On 30 September 2021 the Midori no Madoguchi ticket office closed. On 12 March 2022 Keio merged its express and semi-express types into one express type. On 15 March 2022 a booth-type shared office called STATION BOOTH opened in the north station building, outside the ticket gates.
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