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Akihabara Station

Coordinates: 35°41′54″N 139°46′23″E / 35.69833°N 139.77306°E / 35.69833; 139.77306
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Akihabara Station

秋葉原駅
The Akihabara Electric Town entrance of Akihabara Station in February 2015
General information
Location1 Soto-Kanda (JR Station)
Kanda-Sakuma-chō (Tokyo Metro)
Kanda-Hanaoka-chō (Tsukuba Express)
Chiyoda City, Tokyo
Japan
Operated by
Connections
History
Opened1 November 1890; 133 years ago (1890-11-01)
Location
Akihabara Station is located in Special wards of Tokyo
Akihabara Station
Akihabara Station
Location within Special wards of Tokyo
Akihabara Station is located in Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula
Akihabara Station
Akihabara Station
Akihabara Station (Tokyo Bay and Bōsō Peninsula)
Akihabara Station is located in Tokyo
Akihabara Station
Akihabara Station
Akihabara Station (Tokyo)
Akihabara Station is located in Japan
Akihabara Station
Akihabara Station
Akihabara Station (Japan)

Akihabara Station (秋葉原駅, Akihabara-eki) is an interchange railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It is at the center of the Akihabara shopping district specializing in electronic goods.

Lines

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Akihabara Station is served by the following lines.
JR East:

Tokyo Metro:

Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company:

The above-ground section of the station is cross-shaped, with the Chūō-Sōbu Line tracks running from east to west, and the Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku Line (and Tohoku Shinkansen and Ueno–Tokyo Line, which do not stop at Akihabara) from north to south.

Station layout

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JR East

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AKBJK28JY03JB19
Akihabara Station

秋葉原駅
JR Akihabara Station Showa Dori Entrance in January 2016
General information
Location1 Soto-Kanda, Chiyoda City, Tokyo
Japan
Coordinates35°41′54″N 139°46′23″E / 35.69833°N 139.77306°E / 35.69833; 139.77306
Operated byLogo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East
Line(s)Tōhoku Main Line
Sōbu Main Line (Branch)
Yamanote Line
Platforms
ConnectionsBus interchange Bus terminal
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Other information
Station code
  • AKB (JR East)
  • JK28 (Keihin-Tōhoku Line)
  • JY03 (Yamanote Line)
  • JB19 (Sōbu Line)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened1 November 1890; 133 years ago (1890-11-01)
Passengers
2021 (Daily)161,529
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Kanda
KNDJY02
Next clockwise
Yamanote Line Okachimachi
JY04
Next counter-clockwise
Kanda
KNDJK27
towards Yokohama
Keihin–Tōhoku Line
Rapid
(weekdays)
Ueno
UENJK30
towards Ōmiya
Keihin–Tōhoku Line
Local
Okachimachi
JK29
towards Ōmiya
Ochanomizu
JB18
towards Mitaka
Chūō–Sōbu Line Asakusabashi
JB20
towards Chiba

There are two island platforms serving four tracks for the Yamanote Line and the Keihin-Tohoku Line on the 2nd level, and two side platforms serving two tracks for the Sobu Line Local service on the 4th level.


1 JK Keihin-Tohoku Line northbound for Ueno, Tabata, and Ōmiya
2 JY Yamanote Line counterclockwise for Ueno, Tabata, and Ikebukuro
3 JY Yamanote Line clockwise for Tokyo, Shimbashi, and Shinagawa
4 JK Keihin-Tohoku Line southbound for Tokyo, Shinagawa, and Yokohama
5 JB Chūō-Sōbu Line westbound for Ochanomizu, Shinjuku, Nakano, and Mitaka
6 JB Chūō-Sōbu Line eastbound for Kinshichō, Funabashi, and Chiba

Chest-high platform edge doors were installed on the Yamanote Line platforms in May 2015, to be brought into operation from 20 June 2015.[1]

Tokyo Metro

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H16
Akihabara Station

秋葉原駅
Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line No. 3 Entrance in December 2021
General information
LocationKanda-Sakuma-chō
Chiyoda, Tokyo
Japan
Coordinates35°41′55″N 139°46′31.8″E / 35.69861°N 139.775500°E / 35.69861; 139.775500 (Tokyo Metro Akihabara Station)
Operated byThe logo of the Tokyo Metro. Tokyo Metro
Line(s)H Hibiya Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus terminal
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Other information
Station codeH16
History
Opened31 May 1962; 62 years ago (1962-05-31)
Services
Preceding station The logo of the Tokyo Metro. Tokyo Metro Following station
Kayabachō
H13
towards Ebisu
TH Liner Ueno
H18
towards Kuki
Kodemmachō
H15
towards Naka-meguro
Hibiya Line Naka-Okachimachi
H17
towards Kita-Senju

There are two underground side platforms serving two tracks.


1 H Hibiya Line for Ginza, Kasumigaseki, and Naka-Meguro
2 H Hibiya Line for Ueno and Kita-Senju
TS Tobu Skytree Line for Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen
TN Tobu Nikko Line for Minami-Kurihashi

The song "Koi Suru Fortune Cookie" by AKB48 is to be used as the departure melody on the Hibiya Line platforms from spring 2016.[2]

Tsukuba Express

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Akihabara Station

秋葉原駅
Tsukuba Express No. 1 Entrance in October 2005
General information
LocationKanda-Hanaoka-chō
Chiyoda, Tokyo
Japan
Coordinates35°41′55″N 139°46′27.2″E / 35.69861°N 139.774222°E / 35.69861; 139.774222 (Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company Akihabara Station)
Operated byMetropolitan Intercity Railway Company
Line(s)Tsukuba Express
ConnectionsBus terminal
History
Opened24 August 2005
Services
Preceding station Tsukuba Express Following station
Terminus Tsukuba Express
Rapid
Commuter-Rapid
Semi-Rapid
Local
Shin-okachimachi
(TX02)
towards Tsukuba

There is an underground island platform serving two tracks.

G Street level Exits/Entrances, connection to JR services
B1F Upper Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, ticket/Pasmo/Suica vending machines, FamilyMart, shopping, elevator to platform
B2F Center Mezzanine Staircases and escalators to Lower Mezzanine
B3F Lower Mezzanine Staircases and escalators to platform
B4F
Platform level
1 TX Tsukuba Express towards Tsukuba (Shin-Okachimachi)
Island platform, doors will open on the left or right Disabled access
2 TX Tsukuba Express towards Tsukuba (Shin-Okachimachi)


1, 2  Tsukuba Express for Minami-Nagareyama, Moriya, and Tsukuba

History

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Akihabara Station was opened in November 1890 as a freight terminal linked to Ueno Station via tracks following the course of the modern day Yamanote Line.

It was opened to passenger traffic in 1925 following the construction of the section of track linking Ueno with Shimbashi via Tokyo Station and the completion of the Yamanote Line. The upper level platforms were added in 1932 with the opening of an extension to the Sōbu Line from its old terminal at Ryōgoku to Ochanomizu, making Akihabara an important transfer station for passengers from the east of Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture.

The huge growth in commuter traffic following the Second World War caused considerable congestion and was only relieved with the construction of the Sōbu line tunnel linking Kinshichō with Tokyo, bypassing Akihabara.

The Hibiya Line subway station was opened on May 31, 1962, with the line's extension from Naka-Okachimachi to Ningyōchō.

The station facilities of the Hibiya Line were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.[3]

On August 24, 2005, the underground terminus of the new Tsukuba Express Line opened at Akihabara. The entire station complex, including the JR station, was also refurbished and enlarged in preparation for the opening of the Tsukuba Express.[4]

Station numbering was introduced in 2016 with Akihabara being assigned station numbers JY03 for the Yamanote line, JK28 for the Keihin-Tōhoku line, and JB19 for the Chūō-Sōbu line.[5][6] At the same time, JR East assigned a three-letter code to their major interchange stations; Akihabara was assigned the three-letter code "AKB".

TH Liner services on the Hibiya Line between Ebisu and Kuki commenced on 6 June 2020.[7]

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by an average of 240,327 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the ninth-busiest station operated by JR East.[8] Over the same fiscal year, the Tokyo Metro station was used by an average of 122,576 passengers daily (both exiting and entering passengers), making it the 23rd busiest Tokyo Metro station.[9] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below. Note that JR East figures are for boarding passengers only.

Fiscal year Daily average
JR East Tokyo Metro
2000 137,736[10]
2005 171,166[11]
2010 226,646[12]
2011 230,689[13] 119,184[14]
2012 234,187[15] 119,409[16]
2013 240,327[8] 122,576[9]

Surrounding area

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The main attraction is the Akihabara electronics retail district to the north and west of the station.

Bus terminal

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Route buses

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Highway buses

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See also

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References

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  2. ^ 日比谷線 秋葉原駅・銀座駅、千代田線 乃木坂駅 発車メロディ導入曲決定! [Departure melodies to be introduced at Hibiya Line Akihabara and Ginza Stations and Chiyoda Line Nogizaka Station]. News release (in Japanese). Japan: Tokyo Metro. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
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  14. ^ 各駅の乗降人員ランキング [Station usage ranking] (in Japanese). Tokyo Metro. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
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