Akabane Station

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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Akabane Station east exit, May 2010
Location	1 Akabane, Kita, Tokyo （東京都北区赤羽1丁目） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line JU Utsunomiya Line JU Takasaki Line JA Saikyō Line JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1885
Passengers
FY2013	89,742 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Higashi-Jūjō JK37 toward Yokohama Keihin–Tōhoku Line   Rapid Local Kawaguchi JK39 toward Ōmiya Oku JU03 toward Ueno Utsunomiya / Takasaki Lines   Commuter Rapid Urawa URWJU05 toward Utsunomiya or Maebashi Ueno UENJU02 toward Tokyo Utsunomiya / Takasaki Lines Rapid Rabbit & Urban Oku JU03 toward Tokyo Utsunomiya / Takasaki Lines   Local & Rapid Acty Urawa URWJU05 toward Kuroiso or Maebashi Ikebukuro IKBJS21 toward Odawara or Zushi Shōnan–Shinjuku Line   Special Rapid   Rapid   Local Urawa URWJS23 toward Takasaki or Maebashi Jūjō JA14 toward Ōsaki Saikyō Line   Commuter Rapid Musashi-Urawa JA21 toward Ōmiya Saikyō Line   Rapid Toda-Kōen JA18 toward Ōmiya Saikyō Line Local Kita-Akabane JA16 toward Ōmiya

Lines

Akabane Station is served by the following lines.[2]

• JU Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line)
• JU Takasaki Line
• JK Keihin-Tōhoku Line
• JS Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
• JA Saikyō Line

Station layout

The 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

Akabane Station west exit, May 2010

View from platform 5/6, May 2010

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
8	JA Saikyō Line	for Musashi-Urawa, Ōmiya ■ Kawagoe Line for Kawagoe

A Saikyo Line 205 series EMU at Akabane Station, March 2008

Information display at Akabane Station

History

Akabane Station opened on 1 March 1885.[2]

Passenger statistics

In 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
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

West side of the station, May 2010

• Akabane-iwabuchi Station (Tokyo Metro Namboku Line)
• Arakawa River
• Sumida River
• Nishigaoka Soccer Stadium

References

1. 各駅情報（赤羽駅） [Station Information: Akabane Station] (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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

• Akabane Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)