Haijima Station


Haijima Station is a railway station in Akishima, Tokyo, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company and the private railway operator Seibu Railway.

Lines

Haijima is a major stop on the Ōme Line between and, with through services operating to and from via the Chūō Line. Haijima is a station stop for the Ōme Liner. It is 6.9 kilometers from the start of the Ōme Line at Tachikawa.
Nominally a terminus of the Itsukaichi Line, Haijima has many through trains going from to.
Trains on the Hachikō Line connect Haijima to and, with through services to and from on the Kawagoe Line. It is 9.9 kilometers from Hachiōji Station.
Haijima is a terminus of the Seibu Haijima Line, with services running from via the Seibu Shinjuku Line. It is 14.3 kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at and 36.9 kilometers from Seibu Shinjuku Station.
The station also has an industrial line to Yokota Air Base for supplying fuels to the base.

Station layout

The JR East side of the station consists of one side platform and two island platforms serving a total of five tracks. The station building is elevated and is above the tracks and platforms. the station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" ticket office.
The Seibu side of the station consists of one island platform serving two tracks.

Platforms

Low-cost platform edge doors consisting of three bars that are raised and lowered were installed along part of platform 5 on an experimental basis in March 2015.

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on 19 November 1894. The Seibu station opened on 15 May 1968.
The southern section of the Hachikō Line between Hachiōji and Komagawa was electrified on 16 March 1996, with through services commencing between Hachiōji and Kawagoe.
Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Haijima Station becoming "SS36".

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the JR East station was used by an average of 29,336 passengers daily making it the 144th busiest JR East station. In the same fiscal year, the station was the 27th busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 34,441 passengers daily.
The passenger figures in previous years are as shown below. Note that the JR East figures only consider boarding passengers whereas the Seibu figures consider both entering and exiting passengers.

Surrounding area