Station code SS32 Passengers (FY2014) 25,130 daily Opened 1950 | Previous names Ōmebashi (until 1979) Address Japan Platforms in use 2 | |
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Location 1-1415-1 Sakuragaoka, Higashiyamato-shi, Tokyo（東京都東大和市桜が丘一丁目1415-1 ）Japan Similar | ||
Higashi-Yamatoshi Station (東大和市駅, Higashiyamatoshi-eki) is a railway station on the Seibu Haijima Line in Higashiyamato, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.
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Lines
Higashi-Yamatoshi Station is served by the Seibu Haijima Line, and is located 5.7 kilometers from the starting point of that line at Kodaira Station.
Station layout
There are two elevated opposed side platforms serving two tracks on the second floor (Japanese sense, first floor in European sense), accessed by stairs, escalators and lifts, with the station building and ticket gates underneath at ground level.
Services
Trains run 04:55-00:40 weekdays and 04:55-00:25 weekends. The typical hourly weekday off-peak service is:
Typical journey times are 9 minutes to Kodaira, 12 minutes to Haijima, and 37 minutes to Seibu-Shinjuku on the direct Express trains. The off-peak Local trains to Kodaira connect there to Express trains from Hon-Kawagoe to Seibu-Shinjuku. During the morning and evening rush hours on weekdays, Semi-Express trains run to Seibu-Shinjuku, calling at all stations to Kami-Shakujii, then Saginomiya, Takadanobaba, and Seibu-Shinjuku, with a total journey time of between 37 and 48 minutes.
History
The station opened on May 15, 1950, as Ōmebashi Station (青梅橋駅), named after the intersection outside. It gained its current name on March 25, 1979, and was elevated on July 17, 1980.
Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Higashi-Yamatoshi Station becoming "SS32".
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2014, the station was the 41st busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 25,130 passengers daily. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.