is a station in Sumiyoshi-ku

Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka

is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It is located on the southern part of the Uemachi Plateau, in the southern most part of Osaka City, and is separated from Sakai City's Sakai-ku and Kita-ku by the Yamato River...

, Osaka

Osaka

is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 on the Hankai Tramway

Hankai Tramway

is a company which owns two tramway lines in the cities of Osaka and Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The parent company is Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd.-Now owned:*Hankai Line 14.1 km...

 Hankai Line

Hankai Line

The is a tramway in the cities of Osaka and Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Hankai Tramway Co., Ltd. owns and operates the line.The line's name comes from and ....

. The station is about 10m east from Kohama Station

Kohama Station

is a train station in Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka Osaka Prefecture, Japan.-Layout:*There are 2 island platforms serving 2 tracks each. However, Tracks 2 and 4 are fenced.-Adjacent stations:...

 on the Nankai Main Line.

History

• 1911-12-01: Higashi-Kohama Station opens with the opening of the Hankai Tramway track
• 1915-06-21: Hankai Tramway merges with Nankai Railway, and Higashi-Kohama Station becomes a station of the merged company
• 1944-06-01: After another company merger, Higashi-Kohama Station becomes a station of Kinki Nihon Railway
• 1947-06-01: The line (along with the station) is transferred to Nankai Denki Railway
• 1980-12-01: The line (along with the station) is transferred to Hankai Tramway

Station and platforms

In order to handle two trains simultaneously, Higashi-Kohama Station is a single island platform with a track on each side.

Environs

The Sumiyoshi Higashi-Kohama Post Office is located about 100m southwest of Higashi-Kohama Station. Osaka Municipal Higashi-Kohama Elementary School is about 200m northeast of the station, with Sumiyoshi Junior High School and Sumiyoshi Elementary School just beyond that. Japan National Route 26 is accessible about 300m west of the station, and Osaka Prefectural Route 5 (Osaka-Kōyao Route) is about 550m north.

Connecting service

In addition to the Hankai Line, Higashi-Kohama Station is served by the Osaka Shiei Red Bus.