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.
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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 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]
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]
| Year | Number (in thousands) |
|---|---|
| 2002 | 3,728 |
| 2003 | 3,697 |
| 2004 | 3,617 |
| 2005 | 3,447 |
| 2006 | 3,377 |
| 2007 | 3,238 |
| 2008 | 3,668 |
| 2009 | 3,305 |
| 2010 | 3,117 |
| 2011 | 2,820 |
| 2012 | 2,913 |
| 2013 | 2,998 |
| « | Service | » | ||
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| 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 | ||
Stations of the Hankyu Kyoto Main Line | |
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