Akabane Station

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Akabane Station
赤羽駅
File:Akabane-Sta-East.JPG
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) <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
Connections <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • Bus terminal
History
Opened 1885
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013) 89,742 daily

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]

Lines

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

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

File:Akabane-sta-West.JPG
Akabane Station west exit, May 2010
File:Akabane-Sta-Platform.JPG
View from platform 5/6, May 2010
1 ■ Keihin-Tōhoku Line for Ueno, Tokyo, and Ofuna
2 ■ Keihin-Tōhoku Line for Ōmiya
3 ■ Utsunomiya Line for Ueno
■ Takasaki Line for Ueno
■ Ueno-Tokyo Line for Tokyo, Yokohama, and Atami
4 ■ Utsunomiya Line for Ōmiya, Oyama, and Utsunomiya
■ Takasaki Line for Ōmiya, Kumagaya, and Takasaki
5 ■ Shōnan-Shinjuku Line for Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, and Yokohama
6 ■ Shōnan-Shinjuku Line for Ōmiya, Takasaki, and Utsunomiya
7 ■ Saikyō Line for Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, and Ōsaki
Rinkai Line for Shin-Kiba
8 ■ Saikyō Line for Musashi-Urawa, Ōmiya, and Kawagoe

Adjacent stations

File:JNR 205 at Akabane Station.jpg
A Saikyo Line 205 series EMU at Akabane Station, March 2008
File:Display at Akabane Station.jpg
Information display at Akabane Station
« Service »
Keihin-Tōhoku Line
Higashi-Jūjō   Rapid   Kawaguchi
Higashi-Jūjō   Local   Kawaguchi
Utsunomiya Line
Takasaki Line
Ueno-Tokyo Line
Ueno   Rapid   Urawa
Oku   Commuter rapid   Urawa
Oku   Local   Urawa
Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
Ikebukuro   Special rapid   Urawa
Ikebukuro   Rapid   Urawa
Ikebukuro   Local   Urawa
Saikyō Line
Jūjō   Commuter rapid   Musashi-Urawa
Jūjō   Rapid   Toda-Kōen
Jūjō   Local   Kita-Akabane

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

File:Akabane-sta-West.JPG
West side of the station, May 2010

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

Script error: The function "top" does not exist.

Script error: The function "bottom" does not exist.

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Akabane_Station&oldid=696153506"