Kōenji Station (高円寺駅, ''Kōenji-eki'') is a

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on the

Chūō Main Line The , commonly called the Chūō Line, is one of the major trunk railway lines in Japan. It connects Tokyo and Nagoya, although it is the slowest direct railway connection between the two cities; the coastal Tōkaidō Main Line is slightly faste ...

in the Kōenji neighborhood in

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. The station, on a four-track section, is served by

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and rapid services (not including special rapid services and other fast trains) of the Chūō Main Line on weekdays. On weekends, only local trains make stops at this station. The station uses a special train departure melody during the Koenji Awa Odori festival held in late August. It is within walking distance of

Shin-Kōenji Station is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. Lines Shin-koenji Station is served by the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line from to , and is 21.5 km from the ...

on the

Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro. The line runs in a U-shape between Ogikubo Station in Suginami and Ikebukuro Station in Toshima, with a branch line between Nakano-Sakaue Station and Hōnanchō Station. The offi ...

History

The station began operation on July 15, 1922. The original station building was destroyed in the

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in 1945 and a permanent replacement was completed in 1952. The Chuo Line tracks originally ran at ground level but were fully elevated in April 1966, when through service to the

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and the Tozai Line commenced.

Line

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) Chūō Line

Platforms

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Koenji Station Chūō Main Line Chūō-Sōbu Line Stations of East Japan Railway Company Railway stations in Tokyo Railway stations in Japan opened in 1922