Kita-Akabane Station

Kita-Akabane Station (北赤羽駅, Kita-Akabane-eki) is a railway station on the Saikyō Line in Kita, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).^[1]

JA16 Kita-Akabane Station 北赤羽駅
Akabane exit of Kita-Akabane Station, August 2009
General information
Location	2 Akabane-Kita, Kita, Tokyo （東京都北区赤羽北2丁目） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	JA Saikyō Line
Connections	Bus stop
History
Opened	30 September 1985
Passengers
FY2011	17,295 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Akabane ABNJA15 towards Ōsaki Saikyō Line Local Ukima-Funado JA17 towards Ōmiya

Lines

Kita-Akabane Station is served by the Saikyō Line which runs between Ōsaki in Tokyo and Ōmiya in Saitama Prefecture. Some trains continue northward to Kawagoe via the Kawagoe Line and southward to Shin-Kiba via the TWR Rinkai Line. The station is located 7.0 km north of Ikebukuro Station.^[2] The station identification colour is "lilac".^[2]

Station layout

The station consists of one elevated island platform serving two tracks. The tracks of the Tōhoku Shinkansen also run adjacent to this station, on the west side.^[2]

Platforms

1	JA Saikyō Line	for Akabane, Shinjuku, and Ōsaki R Rinkai Line for Shin-Kiba
2	JA Saikyō Line	for Musashi-Urawa, Ōmiya, and Kawagoe

History

Kita-Akabane Station opened on 30 September 1985.^[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 17,295 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[3]

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2000	15,636[4]
2005	16,819[5]
2010	17,494[6]
2011	17,295[3]

Surrounding area

• Arakawa River
• Tokyo Mizube Line
• Ukima Library
• Tokyo-Kita Social Insurance Hospital

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan