Akabane Station
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Akabane Station(赤羽駅, Akabane-eki) is a railway station in Kita, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
Akabane Station is served by the following lines.
- Utsunomiya Line Tōhoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line)
- Utsunomiya Line Takasaki Line
- Keihin–Tōhoku Line Keihin-Tōhoku Line
- Shōnan–Shinjuku Line Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
- Saikyō Line 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.
The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office and a "View Plaza" travel agency.
Platforms
| 1 | Keihin–Tōhoku Line Keihin-Tōhoku Line | for Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama and Ofuna |
| 2 | Keihin–Tōhoku Line Keihin-Tōhoku Line | for Urawa and Ōmiya |
| 3 | Utsunomiya Line Utsunomiya Line | for Ueno Utsunomiya Line Ueno-Tokyo Line for Tokyo, Yokohama, and Atami |
| Utsunomiya Line Takasaki Line | for Ueno Utsunomiya Line Ueno-Tokyo Line for Tokyo, Yokohama, and Atami | |
| 4 | Utsunomiya Line Utsunomiya Line | for Ōmiya, Oyama, and Utsunomiya |
| Utsunomiya Line Takasaki Line | for Ōmiya, Kumagaya, and Takasaki | |
| 5 | Shōnan–Shinjuku Line Shōnan-Shinjuku Line | for Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, Yokohama and Ofuna Yokosuka Line Yokosuka Line for Zushi Tōkaidō Line (JR East) Tokaido Line for Odawara |
| 6 | Shōnan–Shinjuku Line Shōnan-Shinjuku Line | for Ōmiya Utsunomiya Line Takasaki Line for Takasaki Utsunomiya Line Utsunomiya Line for Utsunomiya |
| 7 | Saikyō Line Saikyō Line | for Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, and Ōsaki Rinkai Line Rinkai Line for Shin-Kiba Sotetsu Line for Hazawa yokohama-kokudai and Ebina |
| 8 | Saikyō Line Saikyō Line | for Musashi-Urawa, Ōmiya ■ Kawagoe Line for Kawagoe |
History
Akabane Station opened on 1 March 1885.
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. The passenger figures for previous years (boarding passengers only) are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | Daily average |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 82,041 |
| 2005 | 86,459 |
| 2010 | 86,869 |
| 2011 | 87,346 |
| 2012 | 88,140 |
| 2013 | 89,742 |
Surrounding area
- Akabane-iwabuchi Station (Tokyo Metro Namboku Line)
- Arakawa River
- Shingashi River
- Sumida River
- Toyo University Akabane campus
- Nishigaoka Soccer Stadium
External links
- (JR East) (in Japanese)