History
Higashi-Akiru Station opened on 21 April 1925 with the launch of the Itsukaichi Railway between Haijima and Musashi-Itsukaichi, in present-day Akiruno, Tokyo. It handled both passengers and freight from the outset. The line was absorbed into Nambu Railway on 3 October 1940, nationalised by the wartime Ministry of Transport on 1 April 1944, and freight handling ceased on 1 November 1956. Operation passed to JR East at the breakup of Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987. Automatic ticket gates entered service on 20 February 1997 and Suica acceptance followed on 18 November 2001. An elevator was installed on 10 March 2011 to bridge an approximately 110 cm height difference where the cramped layout left no room for a ramp.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The original station building stood on land bisected by a prefectural road, earning local notoriety for being the depot a road went straight through; today the road still runs between the station and its adjacent level crossing.