History
Akitsu Station opened on 12 December 1917 in Higashimurayama, Tokyo, on what is now the Seibu Ikebukuro Line. The line was electrified in October 1922, and the platform was double-tracked between 1959 and 1960. In December 1974 the layout changed from one island platform with two tracks to two side platforms with two tracks. A second exit, the North Exit, was opened on 23 December 1990, and accessibility upgrades — including escalators and lifts at the overbridge — were completed on 18 March 2006. The commercial complex Emio Akitsu opened on 29 November 2018 alongside the south side of the station.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.
Notes
The 400-metre walk to JR's Shin-Akitsu Station, just visible from the Seibu platform, has never had a direct passageway because the local shopping street has long opposed a covered link that would let transfer passengers bypass its shops.