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Shin-Akitsu Station

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Shin-Akitsu Station

新秋津駅
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Shin-Akitsu Station entrance, October 2012
Location 5-25-50 Akitsu-chō, Higashimurayama-shi, Tokyo
(東京都東村山市秋津町5丁目25-50)
Japan
Operated by JR logo (east).svg JR East
Line(s) Musashino Line
Platforms 2 side platforms
Connections
  • Bus terminal
History
Opened 1973
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014) 37,303 daily

Shin-Akitsu Station (新秋津駅, Shin-Akitsu-eki) is a railway station on the Musashino Line in Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Shin-Akitsu Station is served by the orbital Musashino Line between Fuchūhommachi and Nishi-Funabashi, with some trains continuing to Tokyo via the Keiyō Line, and is situated 13.0 km from the western terminus of the line at Fuchūhommachi. It is located 400 m (a 4-minute walk) from Akitsu Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line, which provides a more direct service to central Tokyo.

The station consists of two sub-surface side platforms serving two tracks, with a central bidirectional through track used by freight trains.The ground-level station building has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

The JR East Hachiōji Area training facility is located north of the track to the west of the station. A connection from the Musashino Line to the Seibu Ikebukuro Line also runs from west of the station.

The ticket barriers, October 2012

View from platform 1, October 2012

View from platform 2, October 2012

The station opened on 1 April 1973.With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 37,303 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Coordinates: 35°46′40″N 139°29′36″E / 35.777861°N 139.493389°E / 35.777861; 139.493389


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