is a passenger rail 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...

 belonging to JR East, serving the Chūō Line

Chuo Main Line

The , commonly called the Chūō Line, is one of the major trunk railway lines in Japan. It runs between Tokyo and Nagoya, although it is the slowest direct railway connection between the two cities; the coastal Tōkaidō Main Line is slightly faster, while the Tōkaidō Shinkansen is the fastest rail...

. It is located in Suginami

Suginami, Tokyo

is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. In English, it calls itself Suginami City.As of April 1, 2011, the ward has an estimated population of 538,703, with 301,277 households, and a density of 15,834.39 persons per km². The total area is 34.02 km².-Geography:Suginami occupies the...

, Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, Japan

Japan

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Daily passenger

The average daily passenger turnover was 40,620 in 2006. The station is served by bus services.

The neighbourhood

The neighbourhoods surrounding the station are characterised by narrow streets. Many view the station square as insufficiently small. It is primarily a residential area, known to have a high concentration of shops specialising in antique curiosas and old books.

History

• 1922 Opening as a Japanese Government Railways
  Japanese Government Railways
  The Japanese Government Railways was the national railway system directly operated by the central government of Japan until 1949. It is a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the Japan Railways Group.- Name :...
  
   station
• 1969 Elevated
• 1987 Japanese National Railways
  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...
  
   was privatised to become JR East

Adjacent stations

External links

• JR East Nishi-ogikubo (Japanese)