Akihabara Station
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Akihabara Station
秋葉原駅
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| Central entrance to Akihabara station. | |
| Location | |
| Prefecture | Tokyo (See other stations in Tokyo) |
| Ward | Chiyoda |
| Neighborhood etc. | 1 Soto-Kanda (JR Station) Kanda-Sakumacho (Tokyo Metro) Kanda-Hanaokacho (Tsukuba Express) |
| History | |
| Year opened | 1890 |
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| Line(s) |
Yamanote Line Chūō-Sōbu Line |
Akihabara Station (秋葉原駅 akihabara-eki?) is located in Tokyo's Chiyoda ward. It is at the centre of the famous Akihabara shopping district specialising in electronic goods.
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[edit] History
Akihabara Station was opened in November 1890 as a freight terminal linked to Ueno Station 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 Shinbashi 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 into an important transfer station for passengers from the east of Tokyo and Chiba.
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.
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.[1]
[edit] Lines
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-Tōhoku Line (and Tōhoku Shinkansen, which does not stop at Akihabara) from north to south.
[edit] Around the Station
The main attraction is the Akihabara electronics retail district to the north and west of the station.
[edit] Layout
[edit] JR East
- There are 2 island platforms with 4 tracks for the Yamanote Line and the Keihin-Tohoku Line on the 2nd level, and 2 side platforms with 2 tracks for the Sobu Line Local Service on the 4th level.
| 1 | ■Keihin-Tohoku Line | northbound for Ueno, Tabata and Ōmiya |
| 2 | ■Yamanote Line | inner track for Ueno, Tabata and Ikebukuro |
| 3 | ■Yamanote Line | outer track for Tokyo, Shinagawa and Shibuya |
| 4 | ■Keihin-Tohoku Line | southbound for Tokyo, Shinagawa and Yokohama |
| 5 | ■Sōbu Line Local Service | westbound for Ochanomizu, Shinjuku, Nakano and Mitaka |
| 6 | ■Sōbu Line Local Service | eastbound for Kinshichō, Funabashi and Chiba |
[edit] Tokyo Metro
- There are 2 side platforms with 2 tracks underground.
| 1 | ○Hibiya Line | for Ginza, Kasumigaseki, Naka-Meguro, Hiyoshi and Kikuna |
| 2 | ○Hibiya Line | for Ueno, Kita-Senju, Kita-Koshigaya, Kita-Kasukabe and Tōbu Dōbutsu Kōen |
[edit] Tsukuba Express
- There is a island platform with 2 tracks underground.
| 1, 2 | ■Tsukuba Express | for Minami-Nagareyama, Moriya and Tsukuba |
[edit] Adjacent stations
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| Yamanote Line | ||||
| Kanda | - | Okachimachi | ||
| Keihin-Tohoku Line | ||||
| Tokyo | Rapid | Ueno | ||
| Kanda | Local | Okachimachi | ||
| Sōbu Line Local Service | ||||
| Asakusabashi | - | Ochanomizu | ||
| Tokyo Metro | ||||
| Hibiya Line (H-15) | ||||
| Kodenmachō (H-14) | - | Naka-Okachimachi (H-16) | ||
| Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company | ||||
| Tsukuba Express (01) | ||||
| Terminus | Rapid | Shin-Okachimachi (02) | ||
| Terminus | Semi Rapid | Shin-Okachimachi (02) | ||
| Terminus | Local | Shin-Okachimachi (02) | ||
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