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Shim Matsudo Station

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Operated by
  
JR East

Passengers (FY2014)
  
36,911 daily

Opened
  
1 April 1973

Platforms
  
2 side, 1 island

Address
  
Japan

Shim-Matsudo Station

Location
  
Koya, Matsudo-shi, Chiba-ken 270-0017 Japan

Line(s)
  
■ Joban Line ■ Musashino Line

Similar
  
Mabashi Station, Kita‑Kogane Station, Minami‑Nagareyama Station, Matsudo Station, Kita‑Matsudo Station

Shim-Matsudo Station (新松戸駅, Shin-Matsudo-eki) is a railway station located in Matsudo, Chiba, Japan, and operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The spelling "Shim-Matsudo" is used by JR on the station signage as the official romanization of the station name.

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Lines

The station is served by the Jōban Line (Local) from Ayase Station in Tokyo, and by the orbital Musashino Line from Fuchūhommachi to Nishi-Funabashi and Tokyo. It is 57.5 kilometers from the western terminus of the Musashino Line at Fuchūhommachi.

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 at a right angle above the Joban Line tracks, and served by two opposed side platforms (3 and 4).

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

History

Shim-Matsudo Station opened on 1 April 1973 as a station on Japanese National Railways (JNR). 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 2014, the station was used by an average of 36,911 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

References

Shim-Matsudo Station Wikipedia