is a junction passenger

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located in the city of

Matsudo, Chiba 260px, Matsudo City Hall is a city in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 498,575 in 242,981 households and a population density of 8100 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Matsudo is locat ...

, Japan, and operated by

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(JR East). The spelling "Shim-Matsudo" is used by JR on the station signage as the official romanization of the station name.

Lines

The station is served by the

Jōban Line The Jōban Line ( ja, 常磐線, ) is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The line officially begins at Nippori Station in Arakawa, Tokyo before the line officially ends at Iwanuma Station in Iwanuma, ...

(Local) from

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in Tokyo, and by the orbital

Musashino Line The is a railway line operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It links Tsurumi Station in Yokohama with Nishi-Funabashi Station in Chiba Prefecture, forming a 100.6 km unclosed loop around central Tokyo. Passenger operations a ...

from to and . It is 57.5 kilometers from the western terminus of the Musashino Line at Fuchūhommachi.

Station layout

The station consists of an

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 ...

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 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 ...

(3 and 4). The station has a "

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" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

Rail Tracks map around JR-E Shim-Matsudo Station

History

Shim-Matsudo Station opened on 1 April 1973 as a station on

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(JNR).JR East station information
Retrieved 17 March 2009. It was the terminal station for the Musashino Line until the line was extended to on 2 October 1978. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the

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of JNR on 1 April 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 39,140 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

References

External links

JR East station information
{{Musashino Line Railway stations in Chiba Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1973 Jōban Line Musashino Line Matsudo