Saruhashi Station

Saruhashi Station 猿橋駅
File:SaruhashiEki2005-8.jpg Saruhashi Station seen from nearby hill
Location	Saruhashi-cho, Ōtsuki, Yamanashi （山梨県大月市猿橋町殿上346 2） Japan
Operated by	East Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	Chūō Rapid Line
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1902
Traffic
Passengers (2011)	1,567 daily

Saruhashi Station (猿橋駅, Saruhashi-eki ) is a railway station on the Chūō Main Line of East Japan Railway Company in Ōtsuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The station is 85.3 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.

Station history

Saruhashi Station was opened on October 1, 1902, as a passenger and freight station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR) Chūō Main Line. The name of the station was originally Eikyo-eki, but changed to its present pronunciation of the same kanji on August1, 1918. Freight services were discontinued from April 20, 1960. With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company. The station building was rebuilt in 1997. Automated turnstiles using the Suica IC Card system came into operation from November 18, 2001.

Lines

• East Japan Railway Company
  • Chūō Rapid Line / Chūō Main Line

Layout

Saruhashi Station has a single island platform serving two tracks.

Platforms

1	■■Chūō Line	for Takao, Hachiōji, Tachikawa, Shinjuku,Tokyo
2	■■Chūō Line	for Ōtsuki, Kōfu, Kobuchizawa, Kami-Suwa, Matsumoto

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Chūō Main Line
Torisawa		-		Ōtsuki

Surroundings

• Saruhashi,Enkyō (猿橋, Monkey bridge), 1 of 3 strange bridges in Japan, 1 km east of this station.

References

• Miyoshi Kozo. Chuo-sen Machi to eki Hyaku-niju nen. JT Publishing (2009) ISBN 453307698X (Japanese)

External links

• Official home page.(Japanese)