Higashi-Koganei Station is served by the Chuo Line (Rapid) Service. It is 27.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Tokyo.
Station layout
The station has one elevated side platform and one elevated island platform serving three tracks, with the station building located underneath. The station had a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
The station opened on September 10, 1964.[1] Freight operations from the station began from April 1965, and continued until 1984.[2] The station became part of the JR East network after the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 31,758 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.