Ōguchi Station

Ōguchi Station (大口駅, Ōguchi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

JH14
Ōguchi Station

大口駅
Ōguchi Station, May 2021
General information
LocationŌguchi-dōri, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 221-0002
Japan
Coordinates35°29′32″N 139°38′46″E
Operated by JR East
Line(s)JH Yokohama Line
Platforms1 island platform
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Station codeJH14
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened20 December 1947
Passengers
FY201919,085 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Kikuna
JH15
towards Hachiōji
 Yokohama Line
Local
 Higashi-Kanagawa
JH13
towards Yokohama
Location
Ōguchi Station is located in Kanagawa Prefecture
Ōguchi Station
Ōguchi Station
Location within Kanagawa Prefecture
Ōguchi Station is located in Japan
Ōguchi Station
Ōguchi Station
Ōguchi Station (Japan)

Lines

Ōguchi Station is served by the Yokohama Line from Higashi-Kanagawa to Hachiōji, and is 2.2 km from the official starting point of the line at Higashi-Kanagawa. Many services continue west of Higashi-Kanagawa via the Negishi Line to Sakuragicho during the offpeak, and to Ōfuna during the morning peak.

Station layout

The station consists of a single ground-level island platform serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms
1 JH Yokohama Line for Machida and Hachioji
2 JH Yokohama Line for Higashi-Kanagawa, Sakuragicho, and Ōfuna
  • Ticket gates
    Ticket gates
  • Platforms 1 and 2
    Platforms 1 and 2

History

Ōguchi Station opened on 20 December 1947 as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of the JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the operational control of JR East.

Station numbering was introduced on 20 August 2016 with Ōguchi being assigned station number JH14.[1][2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 19,085 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal yeardaily average
200516,677[4]
201017,096[5]
201518,148[6]

See also

References
  1. "⾸都圏エリアへ 「駅ナンバリング」を導⼊します" [Introduce “station numbering” to the Tokyo metropolitan area] (PDF). jreast.co.jp (in Japanese). 6 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  2. Kusamachi, Yoshikazu (7 April 2016). "JA・JK・JT・AKB…JR東日本、首都圏で駅ナンバリングなど導入へ" [JA, JK, JT, AKB … JR East to introduce station numbering in the Tokyo metropolitan area]. Response Automotive Media (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  3. 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  4. 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成18年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2005)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Metropolitan Government. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  5. 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成23年度） [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  6. 神奈川県県勢要覧（平成28年度 [Kanagawa Prefecture official statistics (fiscal 2010)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Kanagawa Prefecture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

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