Higashiura Station

Higashiura Station (東浦駅, Higashiura-eki) 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.

CE04 Higashiura Station 東浦駅
Higashiura Station in April 2018
General information
Location	Yagyū-19 Fujie, Higashiura, Chita-gun, Aichi-ken 470-2105 Japan
Coordinates	34.9499°N 136.9702°E / 34.9499; 136.9702
Operated by	JR Central Kinuura Rinkai Railway
Line(s)	Taketoyo Line
Distance	6.8 kilometers from Ōbu
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	CE04
History
Opened	November 11, 1944
Passengers
FY2017	1880 daily
Location Higashiura Station Location within Aichi Prefecture Show map of Aichi Prefecture Higashiura Station Higashiura Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Platform

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

1	■ Taketoyo Line	for Ōbu
2	■ Taketoyo Line	for Taketoyo

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Central Japan Railway Company
Taketoyo Line
Ishihama		Local		Kamezaki

Station history

Before the construction and opening of Higashiura Station, Owari-Ikuji Station (6.0 km from Obu) and Fujie Station (7.2 km from Obu) existed in North and South of the station.^[1]

Higashiura Station was opened on November 11, 1944 after the two stations were closed and deconstructed, 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

Station numbering was introduced to the Taketoyo Line in March 2018; Higashiura Station was assigned station number CE04.^[4][5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2017, the station was used by an average of 1880 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[6]

Surrounding area

• Kinuura Port
• Japan National Route 366

See also

• List of Railway Stations in Japan

References

1. "新編東浦町誌" 本文編、506-509pp.
2. Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 117. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
3. Kawai, Yuhei (2009). Taketoyo-sen Monogatari. 交通新聞社. ISBN 4330046091.
4. "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] (PDF). jr-central.co.jp (in Japanese). 13 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
5. "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]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
6. 運輸・通信 (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Higashiura Town. 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

External links

Media related to Higashiura Station at Wikimedia Commons