Higashi-Kakogawa Station is served by the JR San'yō Main Line, and is located 35.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kobe and 68.6 kilometers from Osaka.
Higashi-Kakogawa Station opened on October 1, 1961. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.
Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Higashi-Kakogawa being assigned station number JR-A78.[1][2]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 13,820 passengers daily[3]
^"近畿エリアの12路線 のべ300駅に「駅ナンバー」を導入します！" ["Station numbers" will be introduced at a total of 300 stations on 12 lines in the Kinki area!]. westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
^"「駅ナンバー」一覧表" ["Station number" list] (PDF). westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original(PDF) on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
^養父市統計書 [Hyogo Prefecture Statistical Yearbook] (in Japanese). Japan: Hyogo Prefecture. 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
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