Higashi-Washinomiya Station 東鷲宮駅
Higashi-Washinomiya Station west exit, April 2008
General information
Location	326 Nishiowa, Kuki-shi, Saitama-ken 340-0206 Japan
Coordinates	36°5′22.0236″N139°40′45.26″E / 36.089451000°N 139.6792389°E /36.089451000; 139.6792389
Operated by	JR East JR Freight
Line	Tōhoku Main Line
Distance	51.6 km fromTokyo.
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1310
History
Opened	15 April 1981
Passengers
FY2019	9,750
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Kuki towardsTokyo Utsunomiya Line Local Kurihashi towardsKuroiso Kuki towardsZushi Shōnan–Shinjuku Line Local Kurihashi towardsUtsunomiya
Location Higashi-Washinomiya Station Location within Saitama Prefecture Show map of Saitama Prefecture Higashi-Washinomiya Station Higashi-Washinomiya Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Higashi-Washinomiya Station (東鷲宮駅,Higashi-Washinomiya-eki) is a passengerrailway station located in the city ofKuki, Saitama, Japan, operated byEast Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is also a freight depot for theJapan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight)

Higashi-Washinomiya Station is served by theTōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) and theShōnan-Shinjuku Line, and lies 51.6 kilometers from the starting point of the line atTokyo.

This station has two opposedside 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 ofJNR 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]

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