Fuchinobe Station
# Fuchinobe Station

Fuchinobe Station (淵野辺駅, Fuchinobe-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Chūō-ku in the city of Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, and is operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

## Lines

Fuchinobe Station is served by the Yokohama Line, and is located 28.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Higashi-Kanagawa.

## Station layout

Fuchinobe Station is an elevated station with a single island platform serving two tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

### Platforms

| 1 | JH Yokohama Line | for Machida, Higashi-Kanagawa, Yokohama, Sakuragichō and Ōfuna |
| - | - | - |
| 2 | JH Yokohama Line | for Sagamihara, Hashimoto, and Hachiōji |

## History

Fuchinobe Station was opened on 23 September 1908 on the Yokohama Railway. The Yokohama Railway was nationalized on 1 April 1910 and became part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) in 1917. The JGR became the Japan National Railway (JNR) after World War II. All freight operations were discontinued from 1 October 1977. With the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East.

Station numbering was introduced on 20 August 2016 with Fuchinobe being assigned station number JH25.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 38,106 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

| Fiscal year | daily average |
| - | - |
| 2005 | 36,111 |
| 2010 | 39,800 |
| 2015 | 38,034 |

## Surrounding area

* Aoyama Gakuin University
* Obirin University
* Sagamihara City Library
* Kanuma Park
* Yaoko
