180px, Staggered platforms of Higashi-Washinomiya Station
is a passenger
railway station
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located in the city of
Kuki, Saitama
260px, Gongendō Park
is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 152,569 in 67,339 households and a population density of 1900 persons per km². The total area of the city is .
Geography
Kuki is loc ...
, Japan, operated by
East Japan Railway Company
The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...
(JR East). It is also a freight depot for the
Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight)
Lines
Higashi-Washinomiya Station is served by the
Tōhoku Main Line
The Tōhoku Main Line ( ja, 東北本線, ) is a long railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The line starts from Tokyo Station in Chiyoda, Tokyo and passes through such cities as Saitama, Utsunomiya, Fukush ...
(
Utsunomiya Line
The Utsunomiya Line ( ja, 宇都宮線, ) is the name given to a 163.5 kilometer section of the Tōhoku Main Line between Tokyo Station in Tokyo and Kuroiso Station in Nasushiobara, Tochigi, Japan. It is part of the East Japan Railway Compan ...
) and the
Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, and lies 51.6 kilometers from the starting point of the line at .
Station layout
This station has two opposed
side platform
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s, 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
History
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
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 9,750 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
Surrounding area
* Higashi-Washinomiya Hyaku-Kannon Onsen
See also
*
List of railway stations in Japan
The links below contain all of the 8579 railway stations in Japan.
External links
{{Portal bar, Japan, Trains
*
Railway stations
Japan
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References
External links
JR East station information
{{Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
Railway stations in Saitama Prefecture
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1981
Tōhoku Main Line
Utsunomiya Line
Stations of Japan Freight Railway Company
Kuki, Saitama