History
Hana-Koganei Station opened on 16 April 1927 on what is now the Seibu Shinjuku Line in Kodaira, Tokyo, taking its name from the yamazakura (mountain cherry) trees planted along the embankments of the nearby Tamagawa Aqueduct. The original layout mirrored Tanashi's, with a central passing siding between the two main tracks, but the siding was later removed to leave a single island platform serving two tracks. An overhead footbridge replaced the level crossing inside the station on 1 November 1974, automatic ticket gates were introduced on 7 October 1993, and a new south exit and bridge-style station building opened on 11 December 1998. The station was assigned number SS18 in fiscal 2012.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
When its new bridge-style depot opened in December 1998, the station became the first on the Seibu network to provide free toilet paper inside its in-gate restrooms.