Higashi-Mukō Station

Higashi-Mukō Station (東向日駅, Higashi-Mukō-eki) is a train station on the Hankyu Railway Kyoto Line located in Mukō, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.

Higashi-Mukō Station

東向日駅
Station building behind bus terminal
General information
LocationMukō, Kyoto
Japan
Operated byHankyu Corporation
Line(s)Hankyu Kyoto Main Line
Connections
  • Bus terminal
Other information
Station codeHK-79
History
Opened1 November 1928 (1928-11-01)
Previous namesHigashi-Mukōmachi (until 1972)
Passengers
20132,998,000

Lines

Layout

The station has two side platforms serving two tracks. The platforms are connected each other by an underground passage, which are accessible with slopes elevators. A bus terminal is located outside the East Exit at the south end of Kawaramachi-bound platform. The West Exit is at the south end of Umeda-bound platform.[1]

History

The station opened as Higashi-Mukōmachi Station on 1 November 1928, the day the Shinkeihan Line (present-day Hankyu Kyoto Main Line) was extended from Takatsuki-machi to Kyoto Saiin. On 1 October 1972 when the town of Mukō (Mukō-machi in Japanese) became a city (Mukō-shi in Japanese), the station name was changed to the current one.[2]

Station numbering was introduced to all Hankyu stations on 21 December 2013 with this station being designated as station number HK-79.[3]

Ridership

In fiscal 2013 (April 2013 to March 2014), about 2,998,000 passengers started travel from this station annually. For historical data, see the table below.[4]

YearNumber
(in thousands)
20023,728
20033,697
20043,617
20053,447
20063,377
20073,238
20083,668
20093,305
20103,117
20112,820
20122,913
20132,998

Stations next to Higashi-Mukō
« Service »
Hankyu Kyoto Line
Commutation Limited Express: Does not stop at this station
Limited Express: Does not stop at this station
Rapid Express: Does not stop at this station
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Nishi-Mukō   Semi-Express   Rakusaiguchi
Nishi-Mukō   Local   Rakusaiguchi

References
  1. Hankyu Corporation. "東向日駅". Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  2. Hankyu Corporation (April 2001). 阪急ステーション [Hankyu Stations] (in Japanese). Osaka: Hankyu Corporation. p. 106. ISBN 4-89485-051-6.
  3. "「西山天王山」駅開業にあわせて、「三宮」「服部」「中山」「松尾」４駅の駅名を変更し、全駅で駅ナンバリングを導入します" ["Sannomiya" "Hattori" "Nakayama" "Matsuo" along with the opening of "Nishiyama Tennozan" station. We will change the station names of 4 stations and introduce station numbering at all stations.] (PDF). Hankyu Corporation Online (in Japanese). 30 April 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  4. "Statistics of Kyoto Prefecture". Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.

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