Oku-Tama Station

Location
	Oku-Tama Station Location within Tokyo Oku-Tama Station Oku-Tama Station (Japan)

JC74
Oku-Tama Station

奥多摩駅
JC74; Oku-Tama Station; 奥多摩駅
	Oku-Tama Station in September 2021
General information
Location	210 Hikawa, Okutama-machi, Nishitama-gun, Tokyo 198-0212; Japan
Coordinates	35°48′32.8572″N 139°5′47.81″E / 35.809127000°N 139.0966139°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	JC Ōme Line
Distance	37.2 km from Tachikawa
Platforms	1 island platform
Other information
Status	Staffed
Station code	JC74
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 July 1944
Previous names	Hikawa Station (until 1971)
Passengers
FY2019	966
Services
Location
Location
	Oku-Tama Station Location within Tokyo Oku-Tama Station Oku-Tama Station (Japan)

Oku-Tama Station (奥多摩駅, Oku-Tama-eki) is a passenger railway station in the town of Okutama, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is the western-most station in the Tokyo Metropolis.

Lines

Oku-Tama Station is the western terminus of the Ōme Line, located 37.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Tachikawa Station.

Station layout

The station has one island platform serving two dead-headed tracks. The station is attended.

Platforms

1-2

JC Ōme Line

for Ōme, Tachikawa, Shinjuku, and Tokyo

The curved island platform.
Dead end of track 1
Dead end of track 2

Holiday Rapid Okutama trains and irregular trains are departed/arrived from/at Track 2. The departure melodies are Donguri Korokoro, and differ between Track 1 and 2.

History

The station opened on 1 July 1944 as Hikawa Station (氷川駅). It was renamed Oku-Tama Station on 1 February 1971. It became part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) with the breakup of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.

Route buses

There are bus stops in Hikawa barn which Nishi Tokyo Bus has in the front of the station.

Bus stop	No	Via	Destination	Company	Note
1	[奥20]	Kawanori-bashi	Nippara Shōnyūdō	Nishi Tokyo Bus	Runs only on weekdays for Nippara Shōnyūdō
1	[奥21]	Kawanori-bashi	Higashi-Nippara
2	[奥09]	Lake Okutama・Mineya-bashi・Miyama-bashi	Kamozawa-nishi
	[奥10]		Tabayama
	[奥11]		Tozura
	[奥12]		Kosuge-no-Yu
	[奥12]	Lake Okutama・Mineya-bashi・Miyama-bashi・Mount Daibosatsu Higashiguchi	Kosuge-no-Yu
	[奥14]	Lake Okutama・Mineya-bashi	Mineya
	[奥15]	Umekubo・Sōdake	Lake Okutama
3番	[奥30]	Kamba・Shiromaru Station・Hatonosu Station・Kori Station・Kawai Station (Tokyo)	Kami-Hinata
	[奥31]		Seitō-bashi
	[奥32] (circular-route)	Nagahata・Kamba・Moegi-no-Yu	Okutama Station

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 966 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2005	955^[2]
2010	902^[3]
2015	966^[4]

Surrounding area

Okutama Town Hall
Tama River
National Route 411

References

^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2020年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2020)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
^ 東京都統計年鑑平成17年 9 運輸及び通信 [Tokyo Metropolitan Government statistics (fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
^ 東京都統計年鑑平成22年 [Tokyo Metropolitan Government statistics (fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
^ 東京都統計年鑑平成27年 9 運輸及び通信 [Tokyo Metropolitan Government statistics (fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

External links

Media related to Okutama Station at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (in Japanese)

[jreast2019stats-1] 各駅の乗車人員 (2020年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2020)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 January 2021.

[stats2005-2] 東京都統計年鑑平成17年 9 運輸及び通信 [Tokyo Metropolitan Government statistics (fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

[stats2010-3] 東京都統計年鑑平成22年 [Tokyo Metropolitan Government statistics (fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

[stats2015-4] 東京都統計年鑑平成27年 9 運輸及び通信 [Tokyo Metropolitan Government statistics (fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

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