Matsudo Station

Matsudo Station (松戸駅, Matsudo-eki) is an interchange railway station in the city of Matsudo, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway company Keisei Electric Railway.

JJ06 JL22 KS88 Matsudo Station 松戸駅
West Exit, Matsudo Station
General information
Location	1181 Matsudo, Matsudo-shi, Chiba-ken 271-0092 Japan
Coordinates	35.7843°N 139.9007°E / 35.7843; 139.9007
Operated by	JR East Keisei Electric Railway
Lines	JJ Jōban Line (Rapid) JL Jōban Line (Local) KS Keisei Matsudo Line
Distance	15.7 km (9.8 mi) from Nippori
Platforms	4 island platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Station code	JJ06/JL22 (JR East) ○KS88 (Keisei)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	25 December 1896; 128 years ago (1896-12-25)
Passengers
FY2019	100,062 daily (JR), 105,704 (Shin Keisei)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Kita-Senju JJ05 towards Shinagawa Jōban Line Special Rapid Kashiwa JJ07 towards Tsuchiura Jōban Line Rapid Kashiwa JJ07 towards Toride Jōban Line Local-Futsuu Kashiwa JJ07 towards Sendai Kanamachi JL21 towards Ayase Jōban Line Local-Kankō Kita-Matsudo JL23 towards Toride Preceding station Keisei Following station Terminus Matsudo Line Kamihongō KS87 towards Keisei Tsudanuma
Location Matsudo Station Location within Chiba Prefecture Show map of Chiba Prefecture Matsudo Station Matsudo Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Matsudo Station is served by the Jōban Line and is 15.7 km from the terminus of the line at Nippori Station in Tokyo. It is also the terminus for the Keisei Matsudo Line and is 26.5 kilometers from the opposing terminus at Keisei Tsudanuma Station.

Station layout

The station consists of four island platforms serving eight tracks. The JR portion of the station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1-2	JJ Jōban Line (Rapid)	for Kashiwa, Toride, Narita, Tsuchiura, Ishioka and Mito
2-3	JJ Jōban Line (Rapid)	for Kita-Senju, Nippori, Ueno JU Ueno-Tokyo Line for Tokyo and Shinagawa
4-5	JL Jōban Line (Local)	for Shim-Matsudo, Abiko, and Toride
5-6	JL Jōban Line (Local)	for Ayase C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Kita-senju and Yoyogi-uehara Odakyu Odawara Line for Hon-Atsugi and Isehara
7-8	KS Keisei Matsudo Line	for Yabashira, Shin-Kamagaya, Kita-Narashino, Shin-Tsudanuma, and Keisei-Tsudanuma KS Keisei Chiba Line for Keisei Makuharihongō, Keisei Chiba, and Chiba-Chūō

History

Matsudo Station opened on December 25, 1896^[1] as a station on the Nippon Railway Tsuchiura Line. It was nationalised on November 1, 1906, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) and the line name changed on October 12, 1909 to the Jōban Line. JGR became Japanese National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The Shin-Keisei Line began operations from April 21, 1955. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.

Effective April 2025, the Shin-Keisei platforms were absorbed by the Keisei Electric Railway as the result of a buyout.^[2][3] The acquisition was completed on 1 April 2025.^[4]

Passenger statistics

In the 2015 data available from Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Matsudo → Kita Senju of the Joban (Rapid) line was one of the train segments among Tokyo's most crowded train lines during rush hour.^[5]

In fiscal 2019, the JR East station was used by an average of 100,062 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 39th-busiest station operated by JR East.^[6] In fiscal 2019, the Shin-Keisei Electric Railway station was used by an average of 105,704 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the busiest station operated by the company.^[7] The daily passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for the JR East station in previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2000	104,051[8]
2005	101,602[9]
2010	99,468[10]
2015	100,079[11]

Surrounding area

• Seitoku University
• Tojogaoka Historic Park
• Matsudo City Hall

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan