CO35 Kai-Yamato Station 甲斐大和駅
Kai-Yamato Station in April 2009
General information
Location	1716-1, Yamato-cho Hajikano, Kōshū, Yamanashi （山梨県甲州市大和町初鹿野1716-1） Japan
Coordinates	35°38′23″N 138°46′51″E / 35.639619°N 138.780703°E / 35.639619; 138.780703
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Chūō Main Line
Distance	106.5 km from Tokyo
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	February 1, 1903
Previous names	Hajikano (until 1993)
Passengers
2013	143 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Katsunuma-budōkyō CO36 towards Shiojiri Chūō Main Line Local Sasago CO34 towards Tachikawa
Location
Kai-Yamato Station Location within Yamanashi Prefecture Show map of Yamanashi Prefecture Kai-Yamato Station Kai-Yamato Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Kai-Yamato Station (甲斐大和駅, Kai-Yamato-eki) is a railway station of the Chūō Main Line, East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Yamato-Hajikano, in the city of Kōshū, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Kai-Yamato Station is served by the Chūō Main Line, and is 106.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.

Station layout

The station consists of a single side platform and a single island platform. The platforms are located in a cutting, with the station building on ground level, and accessed via an overpass. The station is unattended.

Platforms

History

Kai-Yamato Station was opened on February 1, 1903 as Hajikano Station (初鹿野駅, Kajikano-eki) on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Chūō Main Line. The JGR became the JNR (Japanese National Railways) after the end of World War II. Scheduled freight services were discontinued from April 1966. The current station building was completed in November 1966. With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company. The station was named to its present name on April 1, 1993. Automated turnstiles using the Suica IC Card system came into operation from October 16, 2004.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the station was used by an average of 143 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area

• former Yamato village hall