Chofu Station (Tokyo)
Encyclopedia
is a Keio Corporation station
located in Chōfu, Tokyo
, Japan
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block both lines of the Keio Line as they enter the station. Keio Corporation intends to resolve both these issues by grade separation
of railway lines around the station area. Temporary station structures are targeted to be completed in 2012 and tunnel excavation works will follow.
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
located in Chōfu, Tokyo
Chofu, Tokyo
is a city located in the western end of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 2010, the city has an estimated population of 224,878 and a population density of 10,440 persons per km². The total area was 21.53 km². Tokyo Stadium in Chōfu hosts soccer games for two J. League teams: F.C...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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Station layout
This station has two ground-level island platformIsland platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
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Future development
Chofu Station has busy grade crossings at either end for road traffic, while trains arriving from the Keio Sagamihara LineKeio Sagamihara Line
The is a Japanese railway line operated by Keio Corporation, connecting Hashimoto Station in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture and Chōfu Station in Chōfu, Tokyo.-History:...
block both lines of the Keio Line as they enter the station. Keio Corporation intends to resolve both these issues by grade separation
Grade separation
Grade separation is the method of aligning a junction of two or more transport axes at different heights so that they will not disrupt the traffic flow on other transit routes when they cross each other. The composition of such transport axes does not have to be uniform; it can consist of a...
of railway lines around the station area. Temporary station structures are targeted to be completed in 2012 and tunnel excavation works will follow.