Kita-Matsudo Station (北松戸駅, Kita-Matsudo-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Matsudo, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
JL23
北松戸駅 | |||||||||||
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Kita-Matsudo Station, September 2010
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| Location | 905 Kamihongō, Matsudo-shi, Chiba-ken 271-0064 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°48′01″N 139°54′41″E / 35.8004°N 139.9113°E / 35.8004; 139.9113 | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | JL Jōban Line (Local) | ||||||||||
| Distance | 17.8 km from Nippori | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
| Station code | JL23 | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | May 1, 1952 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Matsudo Keibajōmae (until 1958) | ||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 21,606 daily | ||||||||||
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Kita-Matsudo Station is served by the Jōban Line from Ueno in Tokyo and is 17.8 km from the terminus of the line at Nippori Station in Tokyo.. Only all-stations "Local" services stop here.
The station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks, connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.
| 1 | JL Jōban Line (Local) | for Shim-Matsudo, Kashiwa, and Toride |
| 2 | JL Jōban Line (Local) | for Matsudo, Ayase C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Kita-senju, Nishi-nippori and Yoyogi-uehara |
Kita-Matsudo Station was opened on May 1, 1952 as Matsudo Keibajōmae Station (松戸競輪場前, Matsudo Keibajōmae-eki), a temporary station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). The station was used only on race days for the adjacent Matsudo Racetracks. It was elevated to a permanent station on December 25, 1958.[citation needed] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of JNR on April 1, 1987.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 21,606 passengers daily.[1]
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