Station

Higashi-fuchu

東府中

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Higashi-fuchu
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Location

History

Higashi-fuchū Station, on the Keiō Line in the city of Fuchū, Tokyo, is operated by Keio Corporation and serves as both an intermediate Keiō Line station and the terminus of the short Keiō Keibajō Line branching off to Tokyo Racecourse. It opened on 12 November 1935 as Rinji Keibajomae Station — literally 'temporary in-front-of-racecourse station' — and was renamed to its present name on 26 October 1940. The station lies 20.4 kilometres from Shinjuku, the Keiō Line's Tokyo terminus, and has one island and one side platform serving four tracks beneath an elevated station building.

Notes

The station's original 1935 name, Rinji Keibajōmae, began with rinji ('temporary'); Tokyo Racecourse lies nearby, and the station is a terminus of the Keiō Keibajō Line.

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