Higashi-Kurume Station

Higashi-Kurume Station 東久留米駅
Higashi-Kurume Station north entrance, June 2010
Location	1-8 Honchō, Higashikurume-shi, Tokyo （東京都東久留米市東本町1-8） Japan
Operated by	Seibu Railway
Line(s)	Seibu Ikebukuro Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Station code	SI14
History
Opened	1915
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013)	53,547 daily

Higashi-Kurume Station (東久留米駅, Higashi-kurume-eki) is a railway station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line in Higashikurume, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.

Higashi-Kurume Station is served by the Seibu Ikebukuro Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo, with some services inter-running via the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line to Shin-Kiba and the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line to Shibuya and onward via the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Minato Mirai Line to Motomachi-Chukagai. Located between Hibarigaoka and Kiyose, it is 17.8 km from the Ikebukuro terminus.

The station has two ground-level side platforms serving two tracks.

The "Emio Higashi-Kurume" shopping and eating complex opened in 2010. The station building includes lavatories for men and women and a wheelchair-accessible multi-purpose restroom.

Higashi-Kurume Station opened on 15 April 1915. It was named Higashi-Kurume to avoid confusion with Kurume Station in Kyushu.

The station was rebuilt in 1994 with a new structure spanning the tracks and platforms.

The "Emio Higashi-Kurume" station complex opened in 2010.

Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Higashi-Kurume Station becoming "SI14".

Through-running to and from Yokohama and Motomachi-Chukagai via the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Minatomirai Line commenced on 16 March 2013.