Higashi-Totsuka Station
Higashi-Totsuka Station is a passenger railway station located in Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company. The station was formerly operated by the Japanese National Railways.
Since this station was built a long time ago, it has been under repair.
Lines
Higashi-Totsuka Station is served by the Shōnan-Shinjuku Line and the Yokosuka Line. It is located 36.7 km from the terminus of the Yokosuka Line at Tokyo Station. The station is located on the Tōkaidō Main Line, but trains operating on the Tōkaidō Main Line do not stop at Higashi-Totsuka. Instead, there are a set of tracks on the left of Higashi Totsuka station where the trains on the Tokaido line pass.Station layout
The station consists of a single island platform with two tracks. The station buildings are built above the platforms. The station had a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office,but it is closed since August 2024; the only way to buy tickets is to use the ticket machines.The Yokosuka line and the Shōnan-Shinjuku through services share the exact same platforms.
History
Higashi-Totsuka Station opened as a station on the Japanese National Railways on October 1, 1980, after local residents had petitioned the government for a railway station for over a half century. The opening coincided with the separation of the tracks for the Tōkaidō Main Line and Yokosuka Line into two separate sets of tracks from Yokohama through Ōfuna Station.Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 44,389 passengers daily. Higashi totsuka station is very crowded in the morning and night rush hours. Whenever a train arrives at the station, there is a long line for the escalator going toward the station building, which is above the tracks. The escalator that goes down to the platforms of Higashi totsuka station changes to an escalator that goes up to the station building at 5:30 P.M JST.The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | daily average | |
| 2005 | 58,172 | |
| 2010 | 57,754 | |
| 2015 | 58,172 |
Surrounding area
- Aurora Mall, in front of the train station, houses Aeon and Seibu stores.
- Yokohama City Kawakami Kita Elementary School
- Yokohama City Kawakami Elementary School
- Yokohama City Shinano Elementary School