Higashikatsura Station

Higashikatsura Station (東桂駅, Higashkatsura-eki) is a railway station on the Fujikyuko Line in the city of Tsuru, Yamanashi, Japan, operated by Fuji Kyuko (Fujikyu).

[1] Higashikatsura Station is served by the 26.6 km (16.5 mi) privately operated Fujikyuko Line from Ōtsuki to Kawaguchiko, and is 13.1 kilometres (8.1 mi) from the terminus of the line at Ōtsuki Station.

[2] The station is staffed and consists of two staggered side platforms serving two tracks, with the station building located on the south (down) side of the tracks.

[1] Higashikatsura Station opened on 19 June 1929.

[2] In fiscal 1998, the station was used by an average of 759 passengers daily.

View of the platforms, August 2009