Ryūō Station

Railway station in Kai, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

JR East
JR Freight

Line(s)■ Chūō Main LineDistance138.6 km from TokyoPlatforms1 side + 1 island platformTracks3Other informationStatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpenedDecember 15, 1903Passengers20172,355 daily Services

Preceding station	JR East			Following station
Terminus		Kaiji (limited service)		Kōfu CO43 towards Tokyo
Shiozaki CO45 towards Shiojiri		Chūō Main Line Local		Kōfu CO43 towards Tachikawa

Location
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Ryūō Station (竜王駅, Ryūō-eki) is a railway station of Chūō Main Line, East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Ryūō-shinmachi, in the city of Kai, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The station is also a container terminal for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).

Lines

Ryūō Station is served by the Chūō Main Line, and is 138.6 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.

Layout

Ryūō Station has an elevated station building with one side platform and one island platform, serving three tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1, 2	■ Chūō Main Line	for Kobuchizawa, Shiojiri and Matsumoto
3	■ Chūō Main Line	for Kōfu, Ōtsuki, Hachiōji and Shinjuku

History

Ryūō Station opened on December 15, 1903 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR). The JGR became the JNR (Japanese National Railways) after the end of World War II. With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the joint control of the East Japan Railway Company and the Japan Freight Railway Company. A container terminal was established on June 1, 1988. Automated turnstiles using the Suica IC Card system came into operation from October 16, 2004. A new station building was completed in March 2008.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 2,355 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Gallery

North entrance (a.k.a. Shōsen-kyō Gate)
JR Freight container terminal

Bus terminals

Highway Buses

Highway buses depart from the south exit.^[2]

Chūō Kōsoku Bus; For Shinjuku Station (Yamanashi Kōtsū, Keio Bus East)
Airport Limousine; For Haneda Airport (YamanashiKotsu, Keihin Kyuko Line)
For Yokohama Station (Yamanashi Kotsu, Keihin Kyuko Bus)
Airport Limousine; For Narita International Airport (Yamanashi Kotsu, Chiba Kotsu)
For Minobu, Shin-Shizuoka Station, and Shizuoka Station (Yamanashi Kotsu, Shizutetsu Justline)
Nagoya Liner Kofu; For Iida, Nakatsugawa, and Nagoya Station (Yamanashi Kotsu, JR Tokai Bus)
Crystal Liner; For Kyōto Station, Ōsaka Station, Ōsaka Namba Station, and Universal Studios Japan (Yamanashi Kotsu, Kintetsu Bus)

Surrounding area

Ryūō post office
Kōfu City Hall

References

^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2017年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2017)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
^ "Yamanashi Kotsu Highway Buses" (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 January 2016.

Miyoshi Kozo. Chuo-sen Machi to eki Hyaku-niju nen. JT Publishing (2009) ISBN 453307698X (in Japanese)
JR全線全駅ステーション倶楽部編(上) [Complete JR Line/Station Compendium (Vol. 1)] (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Bunshun Bunko. September 1988. p. 0. ISBN 4-16-748701-2.