Kokubunji Station (国分寺駅, Kokubunji-eki) is an interchange railway station located in the city of Kokubunji, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and private railway operator Seibu Railway.[1]
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Kokubunji Station station building, October 2011 | |
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| Location | Kokubunji, Tokyo Japan |
| Coordinates | 35°42′01″N 139°28′49″E |
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| Opened | 1889 |
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Kokubunji Station is served by the Chūō Line (Rapid) and is 31.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo. It also forms a terminus for both the Seibu Kokubunji and Seibu Tamako Lines.
The JR East side of the station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.[1] The Seibu portion of the station has one side of a former island platform (Platform 5) parallel to and north of the JR platforms.[2] Platform 6 is now closed.[2] Platform 7 is further north again but is above and perpendicular to the other platforms.[2]
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| Location | 2-1-23 Honchō, Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo 185-0021 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Line(s) | ■ Chūō Line (Rapid) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 21.1 kilometers from Shinjuku | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed ( "Midori no Madoguchi" ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 11 April 1889 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 112,090 daily | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1/2 | JC Chūō Line (Rapid) | for Tachikawa and Hachiōji |
| 3/4 | JC Chūō Line (Rapid) | for Nakano, Shinjuku, and Tokyo |
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Seibu Kokubunji Line train at platform 5, November 2013 | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | 2-1-23 Honchō, Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo 185-0021 Japan | ||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||
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| Station code | SK01, ST01 | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 21 December 1894 | ||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 117,796 daily | ||||||||||||||
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| 5 | ■ Seibu Kokubunji Line | for Higashi-Murayama |
| 7 | ■ Seibu Tamako Line | for Hagiyama and Tamako |

What is now the JR East station opened on 11 April 1889.[3] The Seibu Kokubunji Line platforms opened on 21 December 1894, and the Tamako Railway (present-day Seibu Tamako Line) platforms opened on 6 April 1928.[2]
Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Kokubunji Station becoming "SK01" on the Seibu Kokubunji Line and "ST01" on the Seibu Tamako Line.[4]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 112,090 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 31st busiest in the JR East network.[5] The Seibu station was used by an average of 117,796 passengers daily making it the sixth busiest station served by Seibu.[6] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below. Note that JR East figures consider only boarding passengers whereas Seibu figures consider both entering and exiting passengers.
| Fiscal year | JR East | Seibu |
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| 2000 | 100,815[7] | |
| 2005 | 103,862[8] | 116,629[9] |
| 2010 | 105,883[10] | 114,779[11] |
| 2015 | 111,325[12] | 118,392[13] |
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Stations of the Seibu Tamako Line | |
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