History
Shin-Akitsu Station opened on 1 April 1973 as a Japanese National Railways station on the Musashino Line in Higashimurayama, Tokyo. It was one of twelve stations where automatic ticket gates were first trialled. Originally known by the placeholder name Shin-Murayama during planning, the stop became part of East Japan Railway Company on 1 April 1987 with the privatisation of JNR. Suica service began on 18 November 2001. The green window ticket office closed on 31 January 2023 and a "Talking Reserved Seat Ticket Machine" took its place the following day. The Beans Annex Shin-Akitsu commercial complex opened above the station on 1 November 2012.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
A short connecting track runs from the western end of the platforms to the Seibu Ikebukuro Line near Tokorozawa; built in 1976 for freight interchange, today it carries new Seibu rolling stock arrivals, scrapping movements, and detached Tamagawa Line cars routed back for maintenance via Hachiōji and Musashisakai.