Akabane Station
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JR EastABNJK38JU04JA15JS22 Akabane Station 赤羽駅 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Akabane Station east exit, May 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | JR East | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | 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 (赤羽駅, Akabane-eki) is a railway station in Kita, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]
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
| 1 |  Keihin-Tōhoku Line |
for Ueno, Tokyo, Yokohama and Ofuna |
| 2 | Keihin-Tōhoku Line |
for Urawa and Ōmiya |
| 3 |  Utsunomiya Line |
for Ueno Ueno-Tokyo Line for Tokyo, Yokohama, and Atami
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| Takasaki Line |
for Ueno Ueno-Tokyo Line for Tokyo, Yokohama, and Atami
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| 4 | Utsunomiya Line |
for Ōmiya, Oyama, and Utsunomiya |
| Takasaki Line |
for Ōmiya, Kumagaya, and Takasaki | |
| 5 |  Shōnan-Shinjuku Line |
for Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, Yokohama and Ofuna Yokosuka Line for Zushi Tokaido Line for Odawara
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| 6 | Shōnan-Shinjuku Line |
for Ōmiya Takasaki Line for Takasaki Utsunomiya Line for Utsunomiya
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| 7 |  Saikyō Line |
for Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, and Ōsaki Rinkai Line for Shin-Kiba Sotetsu Line for Hazawa yokohama-kokudai and Ebina
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| 8 | Saikyō Line |
for Musashi-Urawa, Ōmiya ■ Kawagoe Line for Kawagoe |
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 |
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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] |
