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Tama-reien Station

railway station in Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ7680496 ↗
Source-derived summary

Tama-reien Station (多磨霊園駅, Tama-Reien-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keio Corporation.

Lines

Tama-reien Station is served by the Keio Line, and is located 19.6 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Shinjuku Station.

Station layout

This station consists of two opposed ground-level side platforms serving two tracks, with the station building located above and at a right angle to the tracks and platforms.

Platforms

History

The station opened on November 31, 1916, initially named Tama Station (多磨駅).On December 8, 1932 it was renamed Shikoenbochi-mae Station (市公園墓地前駅). It was renamed to its present name on May 1, 1937.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 13,046 passengers daily.

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

Editorial summary

“Tama-reien Station” enters the record as railway station in Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Tama-reien, Station and railway can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1916, 1932, 1937, 2019—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1916-10-31. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Tama-reien, Station and railway.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Tama-reien Station” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Tama-reien, Station and railway provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7680496. Authority coordinates are 35.666, 139.503. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1916, 1932, 1937 and 2019.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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This entry incorporates text from “Tama-reien Station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.