Shim-Matsudo Station

Shim-Matsudo Station (新松戸駅, Shin-Matsudo-eki) is a railway station located in Matsudo, Chiba, Japan, and operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The spelling "Shim-Matsudo" is used by JR on the station signage as the official romanization of the station name.

JL25 JM15 Shim-Matsudo Station 新松戸駅
Shim-Matsudo Station
Location	Koya, Matsudo-shi, Chiba-ken 270-0017 Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	JL Jōban Line (Local) JM Musashino Line
Platforms	2 side, 1 island
Connections	Nagareyama Line (Kōya)
History
Opened	1 April 1973
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)	36,911 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Mabashi JL24 toward Ayase Jōban Line Local-Kankō Kita-Kogane JL26 toward Toride Minami-Nagareyama JM16 toward Ōmiya Shimōsa Shin-Yahashira JM14 toward Kaihimmakuhari Minami-Nagareyama JM16 toward Fuchūhommachi Musashino Line Shin-Yahashira JM14 toward Kaihimmakuhari or Tokyo
Location
Shim-Matsudo Station Location within Chiba Prefecture Show map of Chiba Prefecture Shim-Matsudo Station Shim-Matsudo Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

The station is served by the Jōban Line (Local) from Ayase Station in Tokyo, and by the orbital Musashino Line from Fuchūhommachi to Nishi-Funabashi and Tokyo. It is 57.5 kilometers from the western terminus of the Musashino Line at Fuchūhommachi.

Station layout

The station consists of an island platform serving two tracks (1 and 2) for Jōban Line local services. The Musashino Line tracks are at a right angle above the Joban Line tracks, and served by two opposed side platforms (3 and 4).

The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.[1]

Platforms

Track diagram

1	JL Jōban Line (Local)	for Kashiwa, Abiko, and Toride
2	JL Jōban Line (Local)	for Matsudo, Ayase C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Kita-senju, Nishi-nippori and Yoyogi-uehara
3	JM Musashino Line	for Minami-Koshigaya, Minami-Urawa and Fuchūhommachi
4	JM Musashino Line	for Nishi-Funabashi, Tokyo, and Kaihimmakuhari

History

Shim-Matsudo Station opened on 1 April 1973 as a station on Japanese National Railways (JNR).[1] It was the terminal station for the Musashino Line until the line was extended to Nishi-Funabashi on 2 October 1978. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 36,911 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2] The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2000	37,974[3]
2005	37,630[4]
2010	35,834[5]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. JR East station information. Retrieved on 17 March 2009. (in Japanese)
2. 各駅の乗車人員　（2011年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
3. 各駅の乗車人員　（2000年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
4. 各駅の乗車人員　（2005年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
5. 各駅の乗車人員　（2010年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 20 September 2012.

External links

• JR East station information (in Japanese)