Ushihama Station (牛浜駅) is in Fussa, Tokyo, and is run by East Japan Railway Company on the JC Ōme Line. It opened on 1 April 1944.
History
A temporary stop called Ushihama opened on 1 March 1943 on the Ome Electric Railway. On 1 April 1944 the railway was nationalized, and the stop became Ushihama Station on the Ome Line. Haijima to Fussa was double-tracked and a raised station building was built on 28 March 1961. The platform was extended toward Tachikawa in March 1966 for longer trains, and longer trains began running in October 1966.
Outsourced station work began on 1 February 1971. The platform was extended toward the crossing near Tachikawa in February 1980. In October 1982 the platform was extended toward Ome. Trains of the longer length started running on 15 November 1982.
JR East took over on 1 April 1987. Automatic ticket gates opened on 10 November 1995. Suica became usable on 18 November 2001.
The Midori no Madoguchi ticket office closed on 2 March 2006, and a Moshi-moshi Kaeru-kun ticket machine was installed on 3 March 2006. Work on a fourth station building, designed for accessibility, began on 4 October 2011. The Kaeru-kun machine was removed on 6 February 2012. A ceremony marked the opening of the free passage on 19 October 2012. The new station building opened on 21 October 2012, except for the inside escalator and the west escalator. The west exit escalator opened on 14 December 2012. The up platform escalator opened on 25 March 2013, which completed the rebuilding.
In November 2020, track switching work was carried out to prepare for extending the platform.
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