Higashi-Jūjō Station

Higashi-Jūjō Station (東十条駅, Higashi-Jūjō-eki) is a railway station in Kita, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

JK37 Higashi-Jūjō Station 東十条駅
North entrance of the station, January 2010
Location	3 Higashi-Jūjō, Kita-ku, Kita, Tokyo （東京都北区東十条3丁目） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line
History
Opened	1931
Previous names	Shimo-Jūjō (until 1957)
Passengers
[1]	21,762 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Ōji JK36 toward Yokohama Keihin–Tōhoku Line   Rapid Local Akabane JK38 toward Ōmiya

Lines

Higashi-Jūjō Station is served by the Keihin-Tōhoku Line from Ōmiya to Ōfuna.

Station layout

South entrance of the station, January 2010

View of the platforms, May 2008

The station has two island platforms serving three tracks (platforms 2 and 3 are located on either side of the same track).

Platforms

1/2	JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line	for Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama and Ōfuna
3	JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line	Terminating services only
4	JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line	for Akabane, Urawa, and Ōmiya

History

The stations opened on 1 August 1931, initially named Shimo-Jūjō Station.[2] On 1 April 1957, the station was renamed Higashi-Jūjō.

Surrounding area

• Jūjō Station (Saikyō Line)
• Fuji Shrine

References

1. JR East statistics (2010). Number of boarding passengers.
2. "JR East station information" (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 8 September 2011.

External links

Media related to Higashi-Jūjō Station at Wikimedia Commons

• East station information page (in Japanese)