Shin-Akitsu Station

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

新秋津駅
Shin-Akitsu Station entrance, August 2020
Location5-25-50 Akitsu-chō, Higashimurayama-shi, Tokyo
（東京都東村山市秋津町5丁目25-50）
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Musashino Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Connections
  • Bus terminal
History
Opened1973
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)37,303 daily

Lines

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.

Station layout
Track diagram

The station consists of two sub-surface side platforms serving two tracks, with a central bidirectional through track used by freight trains.[1] 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.[1]

Platforms
1 JM Musashino Line for Nishi-Kokubunji and Fuchūhommachi
2 JM Musashino Line for Musashi-Urawa, Shim-Matsudo, Nishi-Funabashi, Tokyo, and Kaihimmakuhari
  • The ticket barriers, October 2012
  • View from platform 1, October 2012
  • View from platform 2, October 2012

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Musashino Line JM31
Shin-Kodaira JM32   Musashino   Higashi-Tokorozawa JM30
Shin-Kodaira JM32 Local Higashi-Tokorozawa JM30

History

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

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2014, the station was used by an average of 37,303 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area
The shopping street connecting Shin-Akitsu Station with Akitsu Station
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References
  1. Kawashima, Ryozo (February 2011). 日本の鉄道　中部ライン　全線・全駅・全配線　第１１巻　埼玉南部・東京多摩北部 [Railways of Japan - Chubu Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 11 Southern Saitama and Northern Tama Tokyo]. Japan: Kodansha. p. 6/58. ISBN 978-4-06-270071-9.
  2. 各駅の乗車人員 (2014年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2016.

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