JR Akihabara Station

Akihabara Station 秋葉原駅
The Akihabara Electric Town entrance of Akihabara Station in February 2015
Location	1 Soto-Kanda (JR Station) Kanda-Sakuma-chō (Tokyo Metro) Kanda-Hanaoka-chō (Tsukuba Express) Chiyoda, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	JR East Tokyo Metro Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company
Line(s)	■ Tōhoku Main Line ■ Sōbu Main Line Tsukuba Express (01) H Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (H-15)
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1890
Location
Akihabara Station Location within Special wards of Tokyo Show map of Special wards of Tokyo Akihabara Station Location within Special wards of Tokyo Show map of Tokyo Akihabara Station Location within Special wards of Tokyo Show map of Japan

AKB JK 28 JY 03 JB 19 Akihabara Station 秋葉原駅
JR Akihabara Station Showa Dori Entrance in January 2016
Location	1 Soto-Kanda, Chiyoda city, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	JK Keihin-Tohoku Line JY Yamanote Line JB Chūō-Sōbu Line
Platforms	2 island platforms (Keihin-Tōhoku and Yamanote Lines) 2 side platforms (Sōbu Line)
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Station code	AKB (JR East) JK28 (Keihin-Tōhoku Line) JY03 (Yamanote Line) JB19 (Sōbu Line)
Website	www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=41
History
Opened	1890

H 15 Akihabara Station 秋葉原駅
Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line No. 3 Entrance in December 2006
Location	Kanda-Sakuma-chō Chiyoda, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	Tokyo Metro
Line(s)	H Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1962

Akihabara Station 秋葉原駅
The Tsukuba Express platform
Location	Kanda-Hanaoka-chō Chiyoda, Tokyo Japan
Operated by	Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company
Line(s)	Tsukuba Express
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	24 August 2005

Coordinates: 35°41′54″N 139°46′25″E / 35.698240°N 139.773731°E / 35.698240; 139.773731

Akihabara Station (秋葉原駅^?, Akihabara-eki) is a railway station in Tokyo's Chiyoda ward. It is at the center of the Akihabara shopping district specializing in electronic goods.

Akihabara Station is served by the following lines. JR East:

Tokyo Metro:

Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company:

The above-ground section of the station is cross-shaped, with the Chūō-Sōbu Line tracks running from east to west, and the Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku Line (and Tohoku Shinkansen, which does not stop at Akihabara) from north to south.

There are two island platforms serving four tracks for the Yamanote Line and the Keihin-Tohoku Line on the 2nd level, and two side platforms serving two tracks for the Sobu Line Local service on the 4th level.

Chest-high platform edge doors were installed on the Yamanote Line platforms in May 2015, to be brought into operation from 20 June 2015.