Ōtsuki Station

Ōtsuki Station (大月駅) is a railway station on the Chūō Main Line in the city of Ōtsuki, Yamanashi, Japan, jointly operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Fuji Kyuko.

Lines
Ōtsuki Station is served by the Chūō Main Line (including Chūō Line (Rapid) services) from Tokyo, and is 87.8 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station on the Chūō Main Line. It is also the terminus of the privately operated 26.6 km Fujikyuko Line to Kawaguchiko.

Kaiji limited express services and some Azusa and Super Azusa limited express services stop at this station. A limited number of Narita Express trains also stop at this station, with some of them continuing on to Kawaguchiko on the Fujikyuko Line.

Station layout
The JR East section of the station consists of one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks, connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

The Fujikyuko section of the station consists of a single island platform serving two terminating tracks, and also shares Platform 3, the side platform, with JR East.

Station history
Ōtsuki Station opened on 1 October 1902. The Fujikyuko station opened on 19 June 1929.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2017, the JR East station was used by an average of 5,377 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The Fujiyuko portion of the station was used by an average of 3417 passengers daily (boarding passengers only) in 2016.

The passenger figures for JR East in previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

 * Ōtsuki City Office
 * Ohtsuki City College