Higashi-Washinomiya Station

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)

Higashi-Washinomiya Station 東鷲宮駅
Higashi-Washinomiya Station west exit, April 2008
General information
Location	326 Nishiowa, Kuki-shi, Saitama-ken 340-0206 Japan
Coordinates	36°5′22.0236″N 139°40′45.26″E
Operated by	JR East JR Freight
Line(s)	Tōhoku Main Line
Distance	51.6 km from Tokyo.
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1310
History
Opened	15 April 1981
Passengers
FY2019	9,750
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Kuki towards Tokyo Utsunomiya Line Local Kurihashi towards Kuroiso Kuki towards Zushi Shōnan–Shinjuku Line Local Kurihashi towards Utsunomiya
Location Higashi-Washinomiya Station Location within Saitama Prefecture Higashi-Washinomiya Station Higashi-Washinomiya Station (Japan)

Staggered platforms of Higashi-Washinomiya Station

Lines

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

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

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

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

External links

Media related to Higashi-Washinomiya Station at Wikimedia Commons

• JR East station information (in Japanese)