Kichijōji Station
# Kichijōji Station

Kichijōji Station (吉祥寺駅, Kichijōji-eki) is an interchange passenger railway station serving Kichijōji in the city of Musashino, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Keio Corporation.

## Lines

Kichijōji Station is located on the JR East Chūō Main Line, and is served by all-stations Chūō-Sōbu Line services from Chiba and some Chūō Line (Rapid) limited-stop services from Tokyo. It also forms a terminus of the Keio Inokashira Line and is located 12.7 kilometers from the opposing terminus at Shibuya in Tokyo. The station is 14 minutes from Shinjuku and 28 minutes from Tokyo by Chuo Line rapid service, and 23 minutes from Shibuya by Inokashira Line express service.

## JR East

### Station layout

The JR East station consists of two elevated island platforms serving four tracks. It has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office and a "View Plaza" travel agent.

### Platforms

| 1 | JB Chūō-Sōbu Line | for Mitaka |
| - | - | - |
| 2 | JB Chūō-Sōbu Line | for Shinjuku, Akihabara, and Chiba T Tokyo Metro Tozai Line for Otemachi and Nishi-Funabashi (via Nakano) |
| 3 | JC Chūō Line (Rapid) | for Tachikawa, Hachiōji, and Takao |
| 4 | JC Chūō Line (Rapid) | for Nakano, Shinjuku, and Tokyo |

## Keio

### Station layout

The Keio station consists of two elevated side platforms serving two terminating tracks.

### Platforms

| 1, 2 | IN Keio Inokashira Line | for Meidaimae and Shibuya |
| - | - | - |

## History

Kichijōji Station opened on 30 December 1899. The Keio station opened on 1 April 1934.

From 22 February 2013, station numbering was introduced on Keio lines, with Kichijōji Station becoming "IN17".

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR station was used by an average of 141,849 passengers daily (boarding passengers only) making it the 22nd busiest JR East station. Over the same fiscal year, the Keio station was used by an average of 146,901 passengers daily (exiting and entering passengers).

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

| Fiscal year | Daily average (JR East) | Daily average (Keio) |
| - | - | - |
| 1999 | - | 140,685 |
| 2005 | 139,245 | - |
| 2006 | 140,155 | - |
| 2007 | 143,932 | - |
| 2008 | 143,178 | - |
| 2009 | 141,314 | - |
| 2010 | 138,420 | 142,083 |
| 2011 | 137,555 | 140,929 |
| 2012 | 138,483 | 141,475 |
| 2013 | 139,282 | 139,679 |

* Note that JR East figures are for boarding passengers only.

## Surrounding area

* Inokashira Park
