is a junction passenger

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in the city of

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, Japan, operated by the

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(JR East) and the private

Keisei Electric Railway The (stylized as K'SEI since 2001) is a major private railway in Chiba Prefecture and Tokyo, Japan. The name ''Keisei'' is the combination of the kanji 京 from and 成 from , which the railway's main line connects. The combination uses diffe ...

and third sector Hokusō Railway.

Lines

Higashi-Matsudo Station is served by the orbital JR East

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, which runs between and , and by the

Hokusō Line The is a commuter rail line operated by the third-sector Hokusō Railway in Japan. It runs between Keisei-Takasago Station in Katsushika, Tokyo and Inba-Nihon-Idai Station in Inzai, Chiba. It is part of the primary Keisei route between centra ...

between and . It is also a stop on the Keisei

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linking downtown Tokyo with

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. The station is located 64.0 kilometers from Fuchūhommachi Station on the Musashino Line, and 7.5 kilometers from Keisei-Takasago Station on the Hokusō and Keisei lines.

Station layout

Hokusō and Keisei

The Hokusō station consists of two elevated

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

s serving four tracks, with the station building located underneath.

Hokusō and Narita Sky Access Line platforms

JR East

The JR East station consists of two opposed

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

s serving two tracks.

JR East platforms

History

The station opened on the Hokusō Line on 31 March 1991. The JR East station opened on 14 March 1998.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR East station was used by an average of 20,839 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The Keisei portion of the station was used by 4,537 daily in FY 2019, and the Hokuso Railway portion of the station was used by 19,082 passengers in FY2018.

Surrounding area

* Yahashira Cemetery * Chiba Matsudo Minami High School * Matsudo High School

References

External links

JR East station information

{{Narita Sky Access Stations of East Japan Railway Company Railway stations in Chiba Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1991 Musashino Line Hokusō Line Matsudo