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JC07 JB06 Koenji Station 高円寺駅
Japanese name
Shinjitai	高円寺駅
Kyūjitai	高圓寺驛
Hiragana	こうえんじえき
General information
Location	48-2 Koenji-Minami 4-chome, Suginami City, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Chūō Main Line
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus Terminal
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	15 July 1922; 102 years ago (1922-07-15)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station OgikuboJC09towards Ōtsuki Chūō LineRapid (weekdays) NakanoJC06towards Tokyo AsagayaJB05towards Mitaka Chūō–Sōbu Line NakanoJB07towards Chiba Chūō–Sōbu Linevia T Tozai Line NakanoJB07towards Tsudanuma

Kōenji Station (高円寺駅, Kōenji-eki) is a railway station on the Chūō Main Line in the Kōenji neighborhood in Suginami, Tokyo. The station, on a four-track section, is served by local and rapid services (not including special rapid services and other fast trains) of the Chūō Main Line on weekdays. On weekends, only local trains make stops at this station.

The station uses a special train departure melody during the Koenji Awa Odori festival held in late August.

It is within walking distance of Shin-Kōenji Station on the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line.

The Number of Passengers on Kōenji as recorded by the East Japan Railway Company Trains in 2017-2022 was 14,618 (（単位　千人）).

History

The station began operation on July 15, 1922. The original station building was destroyed in the bombing of Tokyo in 1945 and a permanent replacement was completed in 1952. The Chuo Line tracks originally ran at ground level but were fully elevated in April 1966, when through service to the Sobu Line and the Tozai Line commenced.

Line

• East Japan Railway Company (JR East) Chūō Line

Platforms

References

1. "TOKYO STATISTICAL YEARBOOK TOKYO STATISTICAL YEARBOOK 2021 Transport｜Statistics of Tokyo". www.toukei.metro.tokyo.lg.jp. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
2. "JR East: Station information (Kōenji Station)" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-12-09.

v t e Suginami, Tokyo
Districts	Suginami Area Amanuma Asagayakita Asagayaminami Hon'amanuma Kōenjikita Kōenjiminami Naritahigashi Naritanishi Umezato Wadabori Area Eifuku Hōnan Horinouchi Izumi Matsunoki Ōmiya Wada Iogi Area Igusa Imagawa Kamiigusa Kamiogi Minamiogikubo Momoi Nishiogikita Nishiogiminami Ogikubo Shimizu Shimoigusa Zenpukuji Takaido Area Hamadayama Kamitakaido Kugayama Miyamae Shimotakaido Shōan Takaido Takaidohigashi Takaidonishi
Major stations	Kōenji (JR) Ogikubo (JR, Metro)

35°42′19″N 139°38′58″E / 35.70528°N 139.64944°E / 35.70528; 139.64944

• Stations of East Japan Railway Company
• Chūō Main Line
• Chūō-Sōbu Line
• Railway stations in Tokyo
• Railway stations in Japan opened in 1922