Nishi-Ogikubo Station (西荻窪駅) is an elevated station in Suginami, Tokyo. East Japan Railway Company runs it. It serves the Chūō Line (Rapid) and the Chūō–Sōbu Line (Local). It opened on 15 July 1922.
History
A local campaign for the station is said to have been led by Hidegorō Uchida (内田秀五郎), the village head of Ōgi, in 1922. The station opened on 15 July 1922 as a Railway Ministry station. In 1949 it became part of the Japanese National Railways. On 29 October 1967 the station was elevated.
On 1 April 1969 luggage handling ended. On 6 April 1969 the line was made quadruple track. On 8 April 1969 Chūō–Sōbu local trains and Tōzai Line through trains were extended from Ogikubo to Mitaka, and they began stopping here. On 29 September 1975 an escalator was installed on the rapid platform. On 1 April 1987 the station passed to East Japan Railway Company (JR East). From 3 December 1994, rapid trains also skipped the station on Saturdays, in addition to Sundays and holidays. On 31 May 1995 an escalator was installed on the local platform.
On 18 November 2001 Suica became usable. In 2021 work began to lengthen the Chūō Line rapid platform on the Shinjuku side, for the introduction of green cars. On 18 March 2022 the Midori no Madoguchi ticket office closed.
On 1 October 2025 the Eki-net Q Ticket service started. Slit-frame platform doors were planned for the local platforms within this fiscal year. Smart platform doors came into use on the rapid platforms on 29 June 2026.
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