Higashi-Mukō Station | |
Native Name: | 東向日駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Kotsukuda Teradochō, Mukō-shi Kyoto-fu 617-0002 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 34.9532°N 135.7046°W |
Operator: | Hankyu Railway. |
Line: | Hankyu Kyoto Line |
Distance: | 35km (22miles) from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Accessible: | yes |
Code: | HK-79 |
Status: | Staffed |
Former: | Higashi-Mukōmachi (until 1972) |
Passengers: | 16,128 (daily) |
Pass Year: | 2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Osaka Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Higashi-Mukō Station |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 17 |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Mukō, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the private transportation company, Hankyu Railway.[1]
Higashi-Mukō Station is served by the Hankyu Kyoto Line, and is located 35.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at and 37.4 kilometers from .
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]
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 to . 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]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 16,128 passengers daily[4]