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Akihabara Station (秋葉原駅; -eki) is located in Tokyo's Chiyoda ward. It is at the centre of the famous Akihabara shopping district specialising in electronic goods.
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Akihabara Station was opened in November 1890 as
a freight terminal linked to Ueno_Station station via tracks
following the course of the modern day Yamanote Line.
It was opened to passenger traffic in 1925 following the construction
of the section of track linking Ueno
with Shinbashi via Tokyo
station and the completion of the Yamanote Line. The upper
level platforms were added in 1932 with the
opening of an extension to the Sobu Line from its old terminal at
Ryogoku to Ochanomizu, making Akihabara into an important
transfer station for passengers from the east of Tokyo and Chiba.
The huge growth in commuter traffic following the Second World War
caused considerable congestion and was only relieved with the
construction of the Sobu line tunnel linking Kinshichō
with Tokyo, bypassing Akihabara.
In 2005 the underground terminus of the new Tsukuba Express Line will be opened at Akihabara.
The Hibiya Line subway station was opened on May 31, 1962 with
the line's extension from Naka-okachimachi to Ningyōchō.Lines
Underground (subway):
History
| Keihin-Tōhoku Line | Okachimachi | Akihabara | Kanda |
| Sōbu Line | Ochanomizu | Akihabara | Asakusabashi |
| Yamanote Line | Okachimachi | Akihabara | Kanda |
| Hibiya Line | Naka-okachimachi | Akihabara | Kodenmachō |
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