Higashi-Washinomiya Station
Higashi-Washinomiya Station 東鷲宮駅 | ||||||||||||||||
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 Higashi-Washinomiya Station west exit, April 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 326 Nishiowa, Kuki-shi, Saitama-ken 340-0206 Japan | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°5′22.0236″N 139°40′45.26″E / 36.089451000°N 139.6792389°E | |||||||||||||||
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| Line(s) | Tōhoku Main Line | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 51.6 km from Tokyo. | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | |||||||||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 15 April 1981 | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| FY2019 | 9,750 | |||||||||||||||
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Higashi-Washinomiya Station (東鷲宮駅, Higashi-Washinomiya-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kuki, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight)
Lines
[edit]Higashi-Washinomiya Station is served by the Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) and the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, and lies 51.6 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Tokyo.
Station layout
[edit]This station has two opposed side platforms, however, with an unusual layout in that the platforms are not on the same level. Utsunomiya-bound trains stop at a ground level side-platform serving one track. Ōmiya-bound trains stop at an elevated side-platform serving one track. The station is staffed.
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | ■ Utsunomiya Line | for Oyama, Utsunomiya, Kuroiso |
| 2 | ■ Utsunomiya Line (Ueno-Tokyo Line) | for Ōmiya, Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama, Atami, Numazu and Ito (via JT Tōkaidō Line and JT Itō Line) |
| ■ Shōnan–Shinjuku Line | for Ōmiya, Shinjuku, Yokohama, Ōfuna and Zushi (via JO Yokosuka Line) |
History
[edit]Higashi-Washinomiya Station opened on 15 April 1981 as a freight station, and opened for passenger service from 23 June 1982. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 9,750 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Higashi-Washinomiya Hyaku-Kannon Onsen
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
External links
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Media related to Higashi-Washinomiya Station at Wikimedia Commons
- JR East station information (in Japanese)