Higashiura Station Explained


Higashiura Station
Native Name:東浦駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Style:JR Central
Address:Yagyū-19 Fujie, Higashiura, Chita-gun, Aichi-ken 470-2105
Country:Japan
Line: Taketoyo Line
Distance:6.8 kilometers from
Platforms:2 side platforms
Code:CE04
Status:Unstaffed
Opened:November 11, 1944
Passengers:1880 daily
Pass Year:FY2017
Map Type:Japan Aichi Prefecture#Japan
Map Dot Label:Higashiura Station

is a railway station in the town of Higashiura, Chita District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). It is also a freight terminal for the Kinuura Rinkai Railway.

Lines

Higashiura Station is served by the Taketoyo Line, and is located 6.8 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Ōbu Station.

Station layout

The station has two opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station has automated ticket machines, TOICA automated turnstiles and is unattended.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

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Station history

Higashiura Station was opened on November 11, 1944, as a passenger station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), which became the Japanese National Railways (JNR) after World War II. Small parcel services began in 1947, and freight services in 1948. Freight services were discontinued in January 1960; however, the Kinuura Rinkai Railway opened the Hekinan Line on May 25, 1977, which restored freight service to the station.[1] With the privatization and dissolution of the JNR on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of JR Central. Automatic turnstiles were installed in May 1992, and the TOICA system of magnetic fare cards was implemented in November 2006.[2]

Station numbering was introduced to the Taketoyo Line in March 2018; Higashiura Station was assigned station number CE04.[3] [4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1880 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[5]

Surrounding area

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Terada, Hirokazu . データブック日本の私鉄 . Databook: Japan's Private Railways . Neko Publishing . 19 January 2013 . Japan . 117 . 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  2. Book: Kawai . Yuhei . Taketoyo-sen Monogatari . 2009 . 交通新聞社 . 4330046091.
  3. Web site: 13 December 2017 . 在来線駅に駅ナンバリングを導入します . Introducing station numbering to conventional line stations . https://web.archive.org/web/20230118061935/https://jr-central.co.jp/news/release/_pdf/000035928.pdf . 18 January 2023 . 27 February 2023 . jr-central.co.jp . ja.
  4. Web site: 14 December 2017 . JR東海,在来線に駅ナンバリングを導入 . JR Tokai Introduces Station Numbering to Conventional Lines . https://web.archive.org/web/20201101052707/https://railf.jp/news/2017/12/14/052000.html . 1 November 2020 . 28 February 2023 . Japan Railfan Magazine Online . ja.
  5. Web site: https://www.town.aichi-higashiura.lg.jp/material/files/group/4/30sugata.pdf. ja:運輸・通信. 2019. Higashiura Town. Japan. Japanese. 5 September 2019.