Machida Station (Tokyo)


Machida Station is an interchange railway station in Machida, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company and Odakyu Electric Railway.

Lines

Machida Station is served by the Yokohama Line from to.
The station is also served by the Odakyu Odawara Line from to.

Station layout

JR East Machida Station has two island platforms serving four tracks, with the station building located above and perpendicular to the platforms, and has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
Odakyu Machida Station also has two elevated island platforms serving four tracks, while located inside a station building containing a supermarket and department store.

JR Platforms

Odakyu Platforms

History

The JR East station first opened as Haramachida Station on September 23, 1908. The Odakyu station opened on 1 April 1927 as Shin-Haramachida Station, which was renamed Machida Station on 11 April 1976, and the current station building and Odakyu Department Store opened on 23 September 1976. The JR station was moved 0.4 km towards Hachiōji and also renamed to Machida on April 1, 1980 to reduce the walking distance between it and the Odakyu station from 700 m to 300 m, to facilitate interchange.

Surrounding area