Koganei Station

Koganei Station (小金井駅, Koganei-eki) is a railway station in the city of Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

The station has a Reserved seat ticket vending machine.

[1] During World War II, Koganei Station was strafed by American fighter aircraft on 28 July 1945, killing some 30 civilians on a Tohoku Main Line train stopped at the station.

A monument describing the event exists at the west exit of the station.

[2] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.