History
Higashi-Jujo Station opened on 1 August 1931 as Shimo-Jujo Station, three years after the Keihin Line had been extended through to Akabane. Local petitions for a stop dated to October 1927, and construction began in December 1930. The station was renamed Higashi-Jujo on 1 April 1957 to match its surrounding ward, and parcel-handling was discontinued in October 1966. At JNR privatisation on 1 April 1987 the station passed to JR East. Suica acceptance began on 18 November 2001, and station number JK 37 was assigned with the introduction of network numbering. Smart platform-edge doors entered service on tracks 1 and 4 in November 2020, and the South Entrance went uncrewed under the remote-support system from 14 October 2023.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The depot-style name Shimo-Jujo Unten-ku survives as the official name of the inspection yard immediately east of the station — a 1957 fossil from the years before the station itself was renamed.