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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | 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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Akabane Station is served by the following lines.[2]
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]
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 |
Akabane Station opened on 1 March 1885.[2]
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 |
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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] |
35°46′41″N 139°43′15″E / 35.77806°N 139.72083°E