Higashi-Washinomiya Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 東鷲宮駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 326 Nishiowa, Kuki-shi, Saitama-ken 340-0206 |
Country: | Japan |
Line: | Tōhoku Main Line |
Distance: | 51.6 km from . |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Status: | Staffed |
Opened: | 15 April 1981 |
Passengers: | 9,750 |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Saitama Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Higashi-Washinomiya Station |
right|thumb|180px|Staggered platforms of Higashi-Washinomiya Station
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 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 .
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.
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.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 9,750 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]