Saruhashi Station

35°36′46.3″N 138°58′6.6″E / 35.612861°N 138.968500°E / 35.612861; 138.968500Operated by JR EastLine(s)■ Chūō Main LineDistance85.3 km from TokyoPlatforms1 island platformTracks2Other informationStatusStaffedWebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpenedOctober 1, 1902Passengers20171358 daily Services

Preceding station	JR East			Following station
Ōtsuki One-way operation		Chūō Line Commuter Special Rapid		Torisawa JC30 towards Tokyo
Ōtsuki JC32 Terminus		Chūō Line Chūō Special Rapid
		Chūō Line Commuter Rapid		Torisawa One-way operation
		Chūō Line Rapid		Torisawa JC30 towards Tokyo
Ōtsuki JC32 towards Shiojiri		Chūō Main Line Local		Torisawa JC30 towards Tachikawa

Location
Saruhashi Station Location within Yamanashi Prefecture Show map of Yamanashi Prefecture Saruhashi Station Saruhashi Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Saruhashi Station (猿橋駅, Saruhashi-eki) is a railway station of the Chūō Main Line, East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in the city of Ōtsuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

Saruhashi Station is served by the Chūō Main Line / Chūō Rapid Line, and is 85.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.

The station consists of one ground level island platform, with an elevated station building located above the platform. The station is staffed.

1	■ Chūō Main Line	for Takao, Tachikawa, Shinjuku
2, 3	■ Chūō Main Line	for Ōtsuki, Kōfu and Matsumoto

Saruhashi Station was opened on October 1, 1902, as a passenger and freight station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR) Chūō Main Line. The name of the station was originally Eikyo-eki, but changed to its present pronunciation of the same kanji on August 1, 1918. Freight services were discontinued from April 20, 1960. 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 building was rebuilt in 1997. Automated turnstiles using the Suica IC Card system came into operation from November 18, 2001.

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1358 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

• Saruhashi, a famous historical bridge and designated National Place of Scenic Beauty

• List of railway stations in Japan

• Miyoshi Kozo. Chuo-sen Machi to eki Hyaku-niju nen. JT Publishing (2009) ISBN 453307698X (in Japanese)
• JR全線全駅ステーション倶楽部編(上) [Complete JR Line/Station Compendium (Vol. 1)] (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Bunshun Bunko. September 1988. p. 145. ISBN 4-16-748701-2.