Higashi-Akiru Station
railway station in Akiruno, Tokyo, Japan
Higashi-Akiru Station (東秋留駅, Higashi-Akiru-eki; lit. "East Akiru Station") is a passenger railway station located in the city of Akiruno, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
Higashi-Akiru Station is served by the Itsukaichi Line, and is located 3.5 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Haijima Station.
Station layout
The station consists of a single ground-level island platform serving two tracks, with a small station building. The station is staffed.
Platforms
History
The station opened on 21 April 1925. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 4,593 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Higashi-Akiru Station” as railway station in Akiruno, Tokyo, Japan. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as railway station in Akiruno, Tokyo, Japan. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5753453. Authority coordinates are 35.726, 139.312. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1925, 1987 and 2019.
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This entry incorporates text from “Higashi-Akiru Station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.