Kawaguchiko Station

Kawaguchiko Station 河口湖駅
Kawaguchiko Station with Mount Fuji behind, July 2010
Location	3641 Funatsu, Fujikawaguchiko, Minamitsuru, Yamanashi （山梨県南都留郡富士河口湖町船津3641） Japan
Operated by	Fuji Kyuko
Line(s)	Fujikyuko Line
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Station code	FJ18
History
Opened	1950
Traffic

Passengers (FY1998)	1,426 daily

Kawaguchiko Station (河口湖駅, Kawaguchiko-eki) is a railway station on the Fujikyuko Line in Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi, Japan, operated by Fuji Kyuko (Fujikyu).^[1] It is located at an altitude of 857 metres (2,812 ft).^[1]

Lines

Kawaguchiko Station forms the terminus of the 26.6 km (16.5 mi) privately operated Fujikyuko Line from Ōtsuki.^[2]

Station layout

View of the platforms, July 2010

The station is staffed and consists of two island platforms serving three tracks, numbered 1 to 3. Passengers access the platforms via a level crossing.^[1] It has waiting rooms and toilet facilities.^[1]

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Fujikyuko Line
Fujikyu-Highland	Fujisan Tokkyū	Terminus
Fujikyu-Highland	Fuji Tozan Densha	Terminus
Fujikyu-Highland	Local	Terminus

History

Kawaguchiko Station opened on 24 August 1950.^[2] A new station building was completed on 24 March 2006.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 1998, the station was used by an average of 1,426 passengers daily.^[2]

Surrounding area

Bus services

For Mt. Fuji 5th Stage
For JR Gotemba Station (Transfer for Hakone area and JR Mishima Station (Shinkansen)), via Lake Yamanaka
For Fujikyu Highland and Fujisan Station
For JR Fuji Station via JR Fujinomiya Station and JR Shin-Fuji Station (transfer for Shinkansen)
For Lake Sai
For JR Kofu Station
For Mishima Station
For Shinjuku Station, Tokyo Station, Haneda Airport, Shibuya Station, Minami-ōsawa Station, Center-Kita Station, Machida Station, Yokohama Station, Kaihimmakuhari Station, Fujisawa Station, Kōzu Station, Ōmiya Station, Shibukawa, Matsumoto Bus Terminal, Kanazawa Station, Shizuoka Station, Nagoya Station, Takayama Station, Ōsaka Abenobashi Station, and Hakata Station (Highway Bus)

References

1 2 3 4 各駅のご案内 [Station information] (in Japanese). Japan: Fujikyuko. 15 October 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
1 2 3 Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 220. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.

External links

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Stations of the Fujikyuko Line

(Chūō Main Line << ) Ōtsuki Kamiōtsuki Tanokura Kasei Akasaka Tsurushi Yamuramachi Tsuru-bunkadaigaku-mae Tōkaichiba Higashi-Katsura Mitsutōge Kotobuki Yoshiikeonsenmae Shimoyoshida Gekkōji Fujisan Fujikyu-Highland Kawaguchiko

Coordinates: 35°29′54″N 138°46′07″E / 35.49833°N 138.76861°E / 35.49833; 138.76861

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