is the central railway station

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...

 managed by East Japan Railway Company

East Japan Railway Company

is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo....

 (JR East), in the city of Kōfu

Kofu, Yamanashi

is the capital city of Yamanashi Prefecture in Japan.As of May 1, 2011, the city had a estimate population of 197,540, with 85,794 households. The total area is 212.41 km².-History:Kōfu's name means "capital of Kai Province"...

, Yamanashi Prefecture

Yamanashi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of the island of Honshū. The capital is the city of Kōfu.-Pre-history to the 14th century:People have been living in the Yamanashi area for about 30,000 years...

, Japan

Japan

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• East Japan Railway Company
  East Japan Railway Company
  is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo....
  
   (JR East)
  • Chūō Main Line
    Chuo Main Line
    The , commonly called the Chūō Line, is one of the major trunk railway lines in Japan. It runs between Tokyo and Nagoya, although it is the slowest direct railway connection between the two cities; the coastal Tōkaidō Main Line is slightly faster, while the Tōkaidō Shinkansen is the fastest rail...
    
    
• Central Japan Railway Company
  Central Japan Railway Company
  The is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as . Its headquarters are located in the JR Central Towers in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture.The company's operational hub is Nagoya Station...
  
   (JR Central)
  • Minobu Line (terminus)

Layout

The station has two island platform

Island 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...

s. The southern one has one pass-through track (No. 1) for the Chūō Main Line and two dead-end tracks (Nos. 5, 6) for Minobu Line. The northern platform with two tracks (Nos. 2, 3) is exclusive for Chūō Main Line. There is no passenger track numbered 4.

The ticket offices and gates are located on a bridge over the tracks.

1	■Chūō Main Line (down)	for , , and
2	■Chūō Main Line (up)	for , , and
3	■Chūō Main Line	sidetrack
5・6	■Minobu Line	for , and

History

• 1903-06-11 – Extension of government railway
  Japanese Government Railways
  The Japanese Government Railways was the national railway system directly operated by the central government of Japan until 1949. It is a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the Japan Railways Group.- Name :...
  
   (later named Chūō Main Line) from Hajikano Station (now Kai-Yamato Station) to Kōfu Station, opening of the station
• 1903-12-15 – Extension from Kōfu Station to Nirasaki Station
• 1928-03-30 – Extension of Fuji Minobu Railway from Ichikawa-Daimon Station to Kōfu Station
• 1938-10-01 – Beginning of consigned operation by government railway of Fuji Minobu Railway
• 1941-05-01 – Nationalization of Fuji Minobu Railway as Minobu Line of government railway
• 1984-02-01 – End of freight service

Surroundings

Kōfu Station is located in the heart of Kofu City.
nearby places:

• Yamanashi Science Museum
  Yamanashi Science Museum
  is a science museum located in Kōfu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The museum introduces mainly the topics related to Astronomy, and Technology.- History :...
  
  
• Takeda Shrine
  Takeda Shrine
  is a Shinto shrine located in Kōfu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, and houses the kami of Takeda Shingen.-History:After the end of the Meiji Restoration, a push began to honor the loyalists who had served during the time. Also, with the completion of the Russo-Japanese War, a shrine was needed to...
  
  

Adjacent stations

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External links

• Kōfu Station (JR East)