Kita-Matsudo Station

Kita-Matsudo Station
北松戸駅
West entrance
Location
Prefecture Chiba
(See other stations in Chiba)
City Matsudo
Neighborhood etc. 905 Kamihongō
Postal code271-0064
(in Japanese)千葉県松戸市上本郷905
History
Year opened 1952
Former name Matsudo Keibajōmae Station
Present name since 1958
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Jōban Line
Statistics 21,254 passengers/day (FY2009)

Kita-Matsudo Station (北松戸駅 Kita-Matsudo-eki) is a railway station on the Jōban Line in Matsudo, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kita-Matsudo Station is served by the Jōban Line from Ueno in Tokyo. Only all-stations "Local" services stop here.

Station layout

The station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks.

Platforms

1 Jōban Line for Shim-Matsudo, Kashiwa, and Toride
2 Jōban Line for Matsudo, Kita-Senju, and Ōtemachi

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Jōban Line
Matsudo Local Mabashi

History

Kita-Matsudo Station was opened on May 1, 1952 as Matsudo Keibajōmae Station (松戸競輪場前 Matsudo Keibajōmae-eki), a temporary station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). The station was used only on race days for the adjacent Matsudo Racetracks. It was elevated to a permanent station on December 25, 1958. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.

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Coordinates: 35°48′01″N 139°54′41″E / 35.8004°N 139.9113°E