Ōguchi Station

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Ōguchi Station
大口駅
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Ōguchi Station
Location Ōguchi-dōri, Kanagawa, Yokohama, Kanagawa
(神奈川県 横浜市神奈川区大口通)
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Yokohama Line
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  • Bus stop
History
Opened 1947
Traffic
Passengers (FY2008[1]) 17,164 daily

Ōguchi Station (大口駅 Ōguchi-eki?) is a railway station on the Yokohama Line in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Ōguchi Station is served by the Yokohama Line from Higashi-Kanagawa to Hachioji, and lies 2.2 km from the official starting point of the line at Higashi-Kanagawa. Many services continue west of Higashi-Kanagawa via the Negishi Line to Sakuragicho during the offpeak, and to Ōfuna during the morning peak.

Station layout

Ōguchi Station has a single ground-level island platform serving two tracks, connected to the station building by an overpass.

Platforms

1  Yokohama Line for Machida and Hachioji
2  Yokohama Line for Higashi-Kanagawa, Sakuragicho, and Ōfuna

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Yokohama Line
Rapid: no stop
Higashi-Kanagawa   Local   Kikuna

History

Ōguchi Station opened on December 20, 1947 as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East.

References

  • Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. Jane's World Railways 2008-2009. Jane's Information Group (2008). ISBN 0-7106-2861-7
  1. JR East statistics. Average number of incoming passengers in fiscal year 2008.


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