is a subway station on the

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

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, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator

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Lines

Higashi-koenji Station is served by the from to , and is 20.6 km from the eastern terminus of the Line at Ikebukuro. It is numbered "M-04".

Station layout

The station consists of two underground

side platforms A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a railway platform, platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or bus rapid transit, transitway. A st ...

serving two tracks on the first basement level. The platforms are served by their own sets of ticket barriers, with access to the surface from Exits for platform 1, and 2 and 3 for platform 2. The two platforms are also linked by an underground passageway.

Platforms

File:TokyoMetro-M04-Higashi-koenji-station-platform-20220315-122640.jpg, The platforms (Platform 1 on the right, Platform 2 on the left)

History

The station opened on 18 September 1964. The station facilities were inherited by

after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 30,833 passengers daily.

Surrounding area

* Renkōji Temple, where the ashes of

Subhas Chandra Bose Subhas Chandra Bose (23 January 1897 – 18 August 1945) was an Indian independence movement, Indian nationalist whose defiance of British raj, British authority in India made him a hero among many Indians, but his wartime alliances with ...

is preserved. * Sanshi-no-mori Park

References

External links

Higashi-koenji Station information
(Tokyo Metro) {{DEFAULTSORT:Higashi-Koenji Station Stations of Tokyo Metro Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1964