Kita-Akabane Station
# Kita-Akabane Station

Kita-Akabane Station (北赤羽駅, Kita-Akabane-eki) is a railway station on the Saikyō Line in Kita, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

## Lines

Kita-Akabane Station is served by the Saikyō Line which runs between Ōsaki in Tokyo and Ōmiya in Saitama Prefecture. Some trains continue northward to Kawagoe via the Kawagoe Line and southward to Shin-Kiba via the TWR Rinkai Line. 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 serving two tracks. The tracks of the Tōhoku Shinkansen also run adjacent to this station, on the west side.

### Platforms

| 1 | JA Saikyō Line | for Akabane, Shinjuku, and Ōsaki R Rinkai Line for Shin-Kiba |
| - | - | - |
| 2 | JA Saikyō Line | for Musashi-Urawa, Ōmiya, and Kawagoe |

## 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.

| Fiscal year | Daily average |
| - | - |
| 2000 | 15,636 |
| 2005 | 16,819 |
| 2010 | 17,494 |
| 2011 | 17,295 |

## Surrounding area

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