Higashi-Kawaguchi Station

Higashi-Kawaguchi Station (東川口駅, Higashi-Kawaguchi-eki) is an interchange passenger railway station in located in the city of Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third sector railway operator Saitama Railway Corporation.

Lines

The JR East station is served by the orbital Musashino Line from Fuchūhommachi to Nishi-Funabashi and Tokyo. It is located 39.2 kilometers from Fuchūhommachi Station.

The Saitama Railway Station is served by the 14.6 km Saitama Rapid Railway Line, which extends from Akabane-iwabuchi in Kita, Tokyo to Urawa-Misono in Midori-ku, Saitama, and lies 12.2 km from the starting point of the line at Akabane-iwabuchi. The majority of services on the line continue southward onto the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line to Meguro and on the Tokyu Meguro Line to Hiyoshi in Kanagawa Prefecture.

Station layout

The JR East part of the station consists of an elevated island platform serving two tracks, with the station building located underneath. The Saitama Railway part of the station is located underground, and also consists of an island platform serving two tracks.

JR East

Platforms

Facilities

The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Saitama Railway

The station has an underground island platform serving two tracks. The platforms are equipped with waist-height platform edge doors.

Platforms

Facilities and accessibility

The station concourse and platforms have elevator access. Universal access toilets are available on the concourse level.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR East station was used by an average of 36,918 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). In fiscal 2019, the Saitama Railway station was used by an average of 16,934 passengers daily.

The JR East passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

History

The JR East station opened on April 1, 1973, as one of the original stations on the then-Japanese National Railways (JNR) Musashino Line. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East. The Saitama Rapid Railway Line opened on 28 March 2001.

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

Media related to Higashi-Kawaguchi Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Higashi-Kawaguchi Station (JR East) (in Japanese)
• Higashi-Kawaguchi Station (Saitama Railway) (in Japanese)
• Higashi-Kawaguchi Station (Saitama Prefectural Government) (in Japanese)