Akabane Station (赤羽駅, Akabane-eki) is a railway station in Kita, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]
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| Location | 1 Akabane, Kita, Tokyo （東京都北区赤羽1丁目） Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°46′41″N 139°43′15″E / 35.77806°N 139.72083°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Tōhoku Main Line | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 March 1885 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2013 | 89,742 daily | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lines
editAkabane Station is served by the following lines.[2]
Station layout
editThe station consists of four elevated island platforms serving eight tracks. The tracks of the Tōhoku Shinkansen also cross this station, above the Saikyō Line platforms.[2]
The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office and a "View Plaza" travel agency.[1]
Platforms
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| 1 | JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line | for Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama and Ofuna |
| 2 | JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line | for Urawa and Ōmiya |
| 3 | JU Utsunomiya Line | for Ueno JU Ueno-Tokyo Line for Tokyo, Yokohama, and Atami |
| JU Takasaki Line | for Ueno JU Ueno-Tokyo Line for Tokyo, Yokohama, and Atami | |
| 4 | JU Utsunomiya Line | for Ōmiya, Oyama, and Utsunomiya |
| JU Takasaki Line | for Ōmiya, Kumagaya, and Takasaki | |
| 5 | JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line | for Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, Yokohama and Ofuna JO Yokosuka Line for Zushi JT Tokaido Line for Odawara |
| 6 | JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line | for Ōmiya JU Takasaki Line for Takasaki JU Utsunomiya Line for Utsunomiya |
| 7 | JA Saikyō Line | for Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, and Ōsaki R Rinkai Line for Shin-Kiba  Sotetsu Line for Hazawa yokohama-kokudai and Ebina
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| 8 | JA Saikyō Line | for Musashi-Urawa, Ōmiya ■ Kawagoe Line for Kawagoe |
History
editAkabane Station opened on 1 March 1885.[2]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2013, the station was used by an average of 89,742 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 47th-busiest station operated by JR East.[3] The passenger figures for previous years (boarding passengers only) are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | Daily average |
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| 2000 | 82,041[4] |
| 2005 | 86,459[5] |
| 2010 | 86,869[6] |
| 2011 | 87,346[7] |
| 2012 | 88,140[8] |
| 2013 | 89,742[3] |
Surrounding area
edit References
edit- ^ a b 各駅情報（赤羽駅） [Station Information: Akabane Station] (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ^ a b c Kawashima, Ryozo (March 2011). 日本の鉄道 中部ライン 全線・全駅・全配線 第１２巻 東京都心北部 [Railways of Japan – Chubu Line – Lines/Stations/Track plans – Vol 12 Northern Central Tokyo]. Japan: Kodansha. pp. 18–51. ISBN 978-4-06-270072-6.
- ^ a b 各駅の乗車人員 （2013年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 6 May 2001. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2000年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2005年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 （2011年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 （2012年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
External links
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- Akabane Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)