Futamatashimmachi Station Explained

is a passenger railway station in the city of Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).^{[1] [2]}

Lines and services

Futamatashimmachi Station is served by the Keiyō Line between and, and is located 22.6 km from the western terminus of the line at Tokyo Station.^[3] Located on the south side of the triangle formed by the Keiyō Line and Musashino Line, this station is not served by Musashino Line through services.^[3]

Station layout

The elevated station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks.^[3] The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.^[1]

Platforms

History

The station opened on 1 December 1988.^[3]

Station numbering was introduced in 2016 with Futamatashimmachi being assigned station number JE10.^{[4] [5]}

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 4,983 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[6] It is significantly less used than its neighboring stations due to its inconvenient location near a highway interchange; for comparison, Minami-Funabashi Station to its east was used by an average of 22,763 passengers daily.

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2000	4,617[7]
2005	4,676[8]
2010	5,119[9]
2015	4,897[10]

Surrounding area

• Tokyo Management College
  • Ichikawaminami High School^[11]
• Kohya Junior High School^[12]

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

• Futamatashimmachi Station
• Keiyo Line Navi – Futamatashimmachi Station

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=1372. ja:各駅情報（二俣新町駅）. Station Information (Futamatashimmachi Station) . East Japan Railway Company. Japan. Japanese. 2 January 2013.
2. Web site: JR East Railway Major Route: Metropolitan Area. East Japan Railway Company. Japan. 19 December 2016.
3. Book: Kawashima, Ryozo . 日本の鉄道 東海道ライン 全線・全駅・全配線 第１１巻 東京南東部・千葉北西部 . Railways of Japan – Tokaido Line – Lines/Stations/Track plans – Vol 11 South-east Tokyo and North-west Chiba . Kodansha . December 2009 . Japan . 13/39. 978-4-06-270021-4.
4. Web site: 6 April 2016 . ⾸都圏エリアへ 「駅ナンバリング」を導⼊します . Introduce “station numbering” to the Tokyo metropolitan area . https://web.archive.org/web/20221207004741/https://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2016/20160402.pdf . 7 December 2022 . 7 January 2023 . jreast.co.jp . ja.
5. Web site: Kusamachi . Yoshikazu . 7 April 2016 . JA・JK・JT・AKB…JR東日本、首都圏で駅ナンバリングなど導入へ . JA, JK, JT, AKB … JR East to introduce station numbering in the Tokyo metropolitan area . https://web.archive.org/web/20220806133507/https://response.jp/article/2016/04/07/273025.html . 6 August 2022 . 7 January 2023 . Response Automotive Media . ja.
6. Web site: https://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2019_02.html. ja:各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度). Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019). 2020. East Japan Railway Company. Japan. Japanese. 11 August 2020.
7. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2000_02.html. ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2000年度）. Fiscal 2000 station passenger figures. East Japan Railway Company. Japan. Japanese. 2 January 2013.
8. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2005_02.html. ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2005年度）. Fiscal 2005 station passenger figures . East Japan Railway Company. Japan. Japanese. 2 January 2013.
9. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2010_02.html. ja:各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度). FY2010 station passenger figures. East Japan Railway Company. Japan. Japanese. 2 January 2013.
10. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2015_02.html. ja:各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度). FY2015 station passenger figures. East Japan Railway Company. Japan. Japanese. 2 January 2016.
11. http://www.chiba-c.ed.jp/ichikawaminami-h/ Ichikawaminami High School official website
12. http://www.kouya-tyu.ichikawa-school.ed.jp/ Kohya Junior High School official website