Shin-Koiwa Station

JO23 JB25
Shin-Koiwa Station

新小岩駅
JO23 JB25; Shin-Koiwa Station; 新小岩駅
	The south entrance in December 2016
Location	1 Shin-Koiwa, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo; Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	JO Sōbu Line (Rapid); JB Chūō-Sōbu Line;
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Station code	JO23 (Sōbu Line (Rapid)); JB25 (Chūō-Sōbu Line);
History
Opened	10 July 1928
Passengers
FY2013	72,306 daily
Services
Location
	Shin-Koiwa Station Location within Tokyo

Shin-Koiwa Station (新小岩駅, Shin-Koiwa-eki) is a railway station in the Shin-Koiwa neighborhood, in Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines[]

Shin-Koiwa Station is served by the Sōbu Line (Rapid) and the Chūō-Sōbu Line.

Station layout[]

The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office and also a "View Plaza" travel agent.

Platforms[]

1	JB Chūō-Sōbu Line	for Akihabara and Shinjuku
2	JB Chūō-Sōbu Line	for Nishi-Funabashi and Chiba
3	JO Sōbu Line (Rapid)	for Kinshichō, Tokyo JO Yokosuka Line for Yokohama
4	JO Sōbu Line (Rapid)	for Funabashi and Chiba

The north entrance in December 2016
The new North Entrance of Shinkoiwa Station on the Sobu Line in Tokyo, opened on June 24, 2018
The new north-south corridor of Shinkoiwa Station on the Sobu Line in Tokyo, opened on June 24, 2018 allows people to walk from the north entrance to the south entrance without walking around the station building. This view is towards the north exit.

History[]

Shin-Koiwa Station opened on 10 July 1928.^[1] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2013, the station was used by an average of 72,306 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the 59th-busiest station operated by JR East.^[2] The daily average passenger figures (boarding passengers only) in previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
2000	67,697^[3]
2005	69,849^[4]
2010	71,121^[5]
2011	70,435^[6]
2012	70,880^[7]
2013	72,306^[2]

Accidents[]

JR East is considering installing platform-edge doors due to the large number of passenger accidents and suicides occurring at this station.^[8] Between July 2011 and June 2013, 13 incidents occurred in which passengers were hit by trains at this station.^[8] Katsushika Ward made an official request to JR East to install platform-edge doors at the station in July 2012.^[8]

On 27 June 2013, at around 14:40, a man in his thirties jumped in front of a 12-car Narita Express Yokohama to Narita Airport service passing non-stop through the station. The man died and his body hit a woman standing on the platform, injuring her.^[8]

References[]

^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 144. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b 各駅の乗車人員　（2013年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
^ 各駅の乗車人員　（2000年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
^ 各駅の乗車人員　（2005年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
^ 各駅の乗車人員　（2010年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
^ 各駅の乗車人員　（2011年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
^ 各駅の乗車人員　（2012年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d 新小岩駅:ＪＲ東、ホームドアを検討　飛び込み相次ぎ [JR East considers platforms doors for Shin-Koiwa Station - Large number of suicides]. Mainichi jp (in Japanese). Japan: The Mainichi Newspapers. 27 June 2013. Archived from the original on 2 September 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013.