Higashi-Murayama Station


Higashi-Murayama Station 東村山駅
Higashi-Murayama Station, February 2008
Location
Prefecture	Tokyo (See other stations in Tokyo)
City	Higashimurayama
Neighborhood etc.	2-3-32 Honchō
Postal Code	189-0014
(in Japanese)	東京都東村山市本町2-3-32
History
Year opened	1894
Rail services
Operator(s)	Seibu Railway
Line(s)	Seibu Shinjuku Line Seibu Kokubunji Line Seibu Seibu-en Line
Medium bus terminal at this station

Higashi-Murayama Station (東村山駅, Higashi-Murayama-eki^?) is a railway station in Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Seibu Railway.

1 Lines
2 Station layout
- 2.1 Station building
- 2.2 Platforms
3 Adjacent stations
4 History
5 Accidents
6 Surrounding area
7 References
8 External links

Lines

Higashi-Murayama Station is served by the Seibu Shinjuku Line, the Seibu Kokubunji Line, and the Seibu-en Line. It is 26.0 km from the Tokyo terminus of the Seibu Shinjuku Line at Seibu Shinjuku Station.^[1] All trains except Limited express services stop at this station.

Station layout

Station building

Higashi-Murayama Station has two entrances, east and west, with one set of ticket wickets located centrally above the tracks. The platforms are connected by three overhead passageways.

Platforms

The station has three island platforms serving six tracks.

1/2	■Seibu Kokubunji Line	for Ogawa and Kokubunji
3	■Seibu Shinjuku Line	for Tokorozawa and Hon-Kawagoe
3	■Seibu Seibu-en Line	for Seibu-en
4	■Seibu Shinjuku Line	for Tokorozawa and Hon-Kawagoe
5/6	■Seibu Shinjuku Line	for Tanashi, Takadanobaba, and Seibu Shinjuku

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Seibu Shinjuku Line
Kumegawa	-	Tokorozawa
Seibu Kokubunji Line
Ogawa	-	Terminus
Seibu Seibu-en Line
Terminus	-	Seibu-en

History

The station opened on 21 December 1894.^[1]

Accidents

On 24 December 2011, at 16:40, the seventh car of an 8-car train forming a service from Seibu-en to Seibu Shinjuku derailed as the train approached the station, blocking the line for the rest of the day. None of the approximately 450 passengers on board was injured in the accident.^[2]

Surrounding area

To the east of the station is an Ito-Yokado department store, the Central Public Civic Hall, and Higashimurayama Central Post Office.

Buses for Tachikawa Station depart from the west side of the station. A bus departs from the east side to make a loop within Higashimurayama.^[3] Taxis depart from both sides, also.

References

^ ^a ^b Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 202. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
^ "鉄道事故：西武新宿線が脱線　一部区間、終電まで不通－－東京・東村山駅 [Rail accident: Seibu Shinjuku Line partially closed due to derailment]" (in Japanese). mainichi.jp. Japan: The Mainichi Newspapers. 24 December 2011. http://mainichi.jp/select/jiken/news/20111225ddm041040079000c.html. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
^ "東村山青葉恩多町線〜運行系統図" (in Japanese). Ginga Tetsudo website. 2008. http://www.gintetsu.co.jp/rosen_aoba_onta.html. Retrieved 25 December 2011.

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Higashimurayama_Station Higashi-Murayama Station] at Wikimedia Commons

Seibu Station information (Japanese)

Stations of the Seibu Shinjuku Line

Seibu-Shinjuku – Takadanobaba – Shimo-Ochiai – Nakai – Araiyakushi-mae – Numabukuro – Nogata – Toritsu-Kasei – Saginomiya – Shimo-Igusa – Iogi – Kami-Igusa – Kami-Shakujii – Musashi-Seki – Higashi-Fushimi – Seibu-Yagisawa – Tanashi – Hana-Koganei – Kodaira – Kumegawa – Higashi-Murayama – Tokorozawa – Kōkū-kōen – Shin-Tokorozawa – Iriso – Sayamashi – Shin-Sayama – Minami-Ōtsuka – Hon-Kawagoe

Stations of the Seibu Kokubunji Line

Kokubunji - Koigakubo - Takanodai - Ogawa - Higashi-Murayama

Stations of the Seibu Seibu-en Line

Higashi-Murayama - Seibuen