Higashi-Yamanashi Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 東山梨駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 192, Sangasho, Yamanashi-shi, Yamanashi-ken |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 35.6942°N 138.7027°W |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Chūō Main Line |
Distance: | 120.1 km from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Opened: | February 5, 1957 |
Passengers: | 669 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2010 |
Map Type: | Japan Yamanashi Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Higashi-Yamanashi Station |
is a railway station of the Chūō Main Line, East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Sangasho, in the city of Yamanashi, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.
Higashi-Yamanashi Station is served by the Chūō Main Line, and is 120.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.
The station consists of two unnumbered opposed side platforms connected by a level crossing. The station is unattended.
Higashi-Yamanashi Station opened on February 5, 1957 as a passenger station on the JNR (Japanese National Railways). It has been unattended since October 1970. With the dissolution and privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of the East Japan Railway Company. Automated turnstiles using the Suica IC Card system came into operation from October 16, 2004.
In fiscal 2010, the station was used by an average of 669 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1] |}