Higashi-Kawaguchi Station
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is a train station
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...

 in Kawaguchi
Kawaguchi, Saitama
is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on April 1, 1933.As of January 1, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 517,171, the second largest in Saitama Prefecture after Saitama, and a population density of 9,276.61 persons per km². The total area is 55.75 km²...

, Saitama Prefecture
Saitama Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Saitama.This prefecture is part of the Greater Tokyo Area, and most of Saitama's cities can be described as suburbs of Tokyo, to which a large amount of residents commute each day.- History...

, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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History

The JR East Station was one of the original stations on JNR's
Japanese National Railways
, abbreviated or "JNR", was the national railway network of Japan from 1949 to 1987.-History:The term Kokuyū Tetsudō "state-owned railway" originally referred to a network of railway lines operated by nationalized companies under the control of the Railway Institute following the nationalization...

 Musashino Line which opened on April 1, 1973. It became an interchange station when the Saitama Rapid Railway opened on March 28, 2001.

Lines

  • East Japan Railway Company
    East Japan Railway Company
    is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo....

    • Musashino Line
      Musashino Line
      The is a railway line operated by the East Japan Railway Company . It links Tsurumi Station in Yokohama with Nishi-Funabashi Station in Chiba Prefecture, forming a 100.6 km unclosed loop around central Tokyo...

  • Saitama Rapid Railway
    • Saitama Rapid Railway Line
      Saitama Rapid Railway Line
      The is the continuation of the Namboku Line, starting at Akabane-Iwabuchi station in Tokyo and ending at Urawa Misono Station in Saitama. It was completed on March 28, 2001....


Layout

There are two sections at this station.
  • The JR section consists of an elevated island platform
    Island platform
    An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...

    .
    • Track 1 serves trains to Minami-Urawa
      Minami-Urawa Station
      is a railway station in Minami-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company .-Lines:Minami-Urawa Station is served by the Keihin-Tōhoku Line linking Saitama Prefecture with central Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture, and the orbital Musashino Line...

      , Nishi-Kokubunji
      Nishi-Kokubunji Station
      is a railway station in Kokubunji, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company .-Lines:Nishi-Kokubunji Station is served by the Chūō Line from to , and by the orbital Musashino Line from to and Tokyo.-Station layout:...

       and Fuchū-Hommachi
      Fuchu-Hommachi Station
      is a railway station in Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company .-Lines:Fuchū-Hommachi Station forms the western terminus of the orbital Musashino Line from and Tokyo, and is also served by the Nambu Line from to .-Station layout:...

      .
    • Track 2 serves trains to Minami-Koshigaya
      Minami-Koshigaya Station
      is a railway station in Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company .-Lines:Minami-Koshigaya Station is served by the orbital Musashino Line from to and . It is also located adjacent to Shin-Koshigaya Station on the Tōbu Isesaki Line.-Platforms:-Adjacent...

      , Shim-Matsudo, Nishi-Funabashi
      Nishi-Funabashi Station
      is a railway station in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company , Tokyo Metro, and the Tōyō Rapid Railway. It is the eastern-most station of the Tokyo subway network, lying in Chiba prefecture.-Lines:...

      , Tokyo
      Tokyo Station
      is a train station located in the Marunouchi business district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, near the Imperial Palace grounds and the Ginza commercial district....

       and Kaihin-Makuhari
      Kaihin-Makuhari Station
      is a train station in Mihama-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.- Adjacent stations :...

      .
  • The Saitama Rapid Railway section consists of an underground island platform. There are orange platform screen doors
    Platform screen doors
    Platform screen doors and platform edge doors at train or subway stations screen the platform from the train. They are a relatively new addition to many metro systems around the world, with some platform doors retrofitted rather than installed with the metro system itself. They are widely used in...

    .
    • Track 1 serves Urawa-Misono
      Urawa Misono Station
      is a station on the Saitama Rapid Railway Line. It is the terminus of the line.- Adjacent stations :- See also :...

       bound trains.
    • Track 2 serves trains to Hatogaya
      Hatogaya Station
      is a train station in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.- Adjacent stations :...

      , Akabane-Iwabuchi
      Akabane-iwabuchi Station
      is a subway station in the Tokyo Metro network. It is located in Kita, Tokyo. The station is number N-19 in the Tokyo Metro labeling system.- References :...

      , Meguro
      Meguro Station
      is a railway station located in Tokyo's Shinagawa ward close to the boundary with Meguro ward. The station is just south of Meguro Dori .-Lines:Meguro Station is served by the following lines:*East Japan Railway Company Yamanote Line...

       (via the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line
      Tokyo Metro Namboku Line
      The is a subway line owned and operated by Tokyo Metro in Tokyo, Japan. Its name literally means South-North Line. The line runs between Meguro in Shinagawa and Akabane-Iwabuchi in Kita...

      ) and Hiyoshi
      Hiyoshi Station (Kanagawa)
      is an interchange railway station on the Tokyu Corporation's Tōyoko Line and Meguro Line, as well as the Yokohama Municipal Subway's Green Line. It is located in located in Kōhoku Ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan...

       (via the Tōkyū Meguro Line).


Services

The typical off-peak service on weekdays is:
  • JR East
    • 5 trains per hour to Fuchū-Hommachi
    • 3 trains per hour to Minami-Funabashi
    • 2 trains per hour to Tokyo, running Musashino Rapid on the Keiyō Line (all stations to Maihama, then Shin-Kiba, Hatchōbori and Tokyo)
  • Saitama Rapid Railway
    • 5 trains per hour to Urawa-Misono
    • 5 trains per hour to Shirokane-Takanawa, of which:
      • 3 continue to Hiyoshi, of which:
        • 1 runs express (all stations to Meguro, then Musashi-Koyama, Ōokayama, Den-en-Chōfu, Tamagawa, Musashi-Kosugi and Hiyoshi)

Adjacent stations

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