Shin-Matsudo Station

Shim-Matsudo Station
新松戸駅
Shim-Matsudo Station
Location
Prefecture Chiba
(See other stations in Chiba)
City Matsudo
Neighborhood etc. 571-3 Koya
Postal code270-0017
(in Japanese)千葉県松戸市幸谷字深追571-3
History
Year opened 1973
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Line(s) Jōban Line, Musashino Line
Statistics 35,784 passengers/day (FY2011)

Shim-Matsudo Station (新松戸駅 Shim-Matsudo-eki) is a railway station located in Matsudo, Chiba, Japan, and operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

The station is served by the Jōban Line from Ueno Station in Tokyo, and by the orbital Musashino Line from Fuchū-Hommachi to Nishi-Funabashi and Tokyo. It is 57.5 kilometers from the western terminus of the Musashino Line at Fuchū-Hommachi.

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 located above the Joban Line tracks, and served by two side platforms (3 and 4).

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

Platforms

Track diagram
1 Jōban Line for Kashiwa, Abiko, and Toride
2 Jōban Line for Matsudo, Kita-Senju, Ōtemachi, and Yoyogi-Uehara
3 Musashino Line for Minami-Koshigaya, Minami-Urawa, Musashi-Urawa, Higashi-Tokorozawa, Nishi-Kokubunji, and Fuchū-Honmachi
4 Musashino Line for Nishi-Funabashi, Maihama, Tokyo, and Kaihin-Makuhari

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Jōban Line
Mabashi Local Kita-Kogane
Musashino Line
Minami-Nagareyama Local Shin-Yahashira

History

Shin-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 2011, the station was used by an average of 35,784 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]
2011 35,784[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 JR East station information. Retrieved on 17 March 2009. (Japanese)
  2. 2.0 2.1 各駅の乗車人員 (2011年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  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.

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Coordinates: 35°49′31.62″N 139°55′16.24″E / 35.8254500°N 139.9211778°E