Shin-Koiwa Station

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Shin-Koiwa Station
新小岩駅
File:JRE-shinkoiwa-south-entrance.jpg
South entrance, January 2007
Location 1 Shin-koiwa, Katsushika, Tokyo
(東京都葛飾区新小岩1丁目)
Japan
Operated by JR East
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History
Opened 1928
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013) 72,306 daily

Shin-Koiwa Station (新小岩駅 Shin-Koiwa-eki?) is a railway station in the Shin-Koiwa neighborhood, in Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Shin-Koiwa Station is served by the Sōbu Line (Rapid) and the Chūō-Sōbu Line.

Station layout

The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office and also a "View Plaza" travel agent.

Platforms

1  Chūō-Sōbu Line for Akihabara and Shinjuku
2  Chūō-Sōbu Line for Nishi-Funabashi and Chiba
3  Sōbu Line (Rapid) for Kinshicho, Tokyo, and Yokohama
4  Sōbu Line (Rapid) for Funabashi and Chiba

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Sōbu Line (Rapid)
Kinshichō Ichikawa
Chūō-Sōbu Line
Hirai Local Koiwa

History

Shin-Koiwa Station opened on 10 July 1928.[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the station was used by an average of 72,306 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 59th-busiest station operated by JR East.[2] The daily average passenger figures (boarding passengers only) in previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2000 67,697[3]
2005 69,849[4]
2010 71,121[5]
2011 70,435[6]
2012 70,880[7]
2013 72,306[2]

Accidents

JR East is considering installing platform-edge doors due to the large number of passenger accidents and suicides occurring at this station.[8] Between July 2011 and June 2013, 13 incidents occurred in which passengers were hit by trains at this station.[8] Katsushika Ward made an official request to JR East to install platform-edge doors at the station in July 2012.[8]

On 27 June 2013, at around 14:40, a man in his thirties jumped in front of a 12-car Narita Express Yokohama to Narita Airport service passing non-stop through the station. The man died and his body hit a woman standing on the platform, injuring her.[8]

References

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