is a railway station on the

Saikyō Line The Saikyō Line ( ja, 埼京線, ) is a Japanese railway line operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Ōsaki Station in Shinagawa, Tokyo, and Ōmiya Station in Saitama Prefecture. The line's name is an abbreviation o ...

in Kita, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kita-Akabane Station is served by the

which runs between in Tokyo and in Saitama Prefecture. Some trains continue northward to via the

Kawagoe Line The Kawagoe Line ( ja, 川越線, ) is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), which connects the cities of Saitama, Kawagoe, and Hidaka in Saitama Prefecture. The main transfer stations on the line are ...

and southward to via the TWR

Rinkai Line The is a railway line in Tokyo, Japan. It is the only line operated by the third-sector company Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit. It connects central Tokyo to the artificial islands of Aomi and Odaiba. The line is served by some trains on t ...

. The station is located 7.0 km north of Ikebukuro Station. The station identification colour is "lilac".

Station layout

The station consists of one elevated

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

serving two tracks. The tracks of the

Tōhoku Shinkansen The is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen rail line, connecting Tokyo with Aomori in Aomori Prefecture in a route length of , making it Japan's longest Shinkansen line. It runs through the more sparsely populated Tōhoku region of Japan's main ...

also run adjacent to this station, on the west side.

Platforms

History

Kita-Akabane Station opened on 30 September 1985.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 17,295 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area

Arakawa River or Ara River may refer to: * Arakawa River (Kanto) or Ara River may refer to: * Arakawa River (Kanto), which flows from Saitama Prefecture and through Tokyo to Tokyo Bay * Arakawa River (Uetsu), which flows from Yamagata Prefecture and throu ...

* Tokyo Mizube Line * Ukima Library * Tokyo-Kita Social Insurance Hospital

References

External links

Kita-Akabane Station information
(JR East) {{Coord, 35, 47, 12.1092, N, 139, 42, 22.29, E, source:kowiki_region:JP, display=title Railway stations in Japan opened in 1985 Railway stations in Tokyo