Abiko Station (我孫子駅) is run by East Japan Railway Company. The lines served are the Jōban Line (Rapid), the Narita Line and the Jōban Line (Local). It opened on 25 December 1896.
History
Abiko Station (我孫子駅) opened on 25 December 1896 as a station of the Nippon Railway (日本鉄道). Trains of the first Narita Railway began running through the station on 1 April 1901. In 1902 Mimura, an engineer of the Nippon Railway, designed a Mimura-type arm signal, and a number of these signals were installed here for a test. On 1 November 1906 the Nippon Railway was nationalised and the station became a government railway station. On 12 October 1909 it was placed on the Jōban Line.
On 10 May 1912 the double track between Kashiwa and Abiko was completed. On 1 September 1920 the Narita Railway was nationalised. On 14 November 1924 the double track between Abiko and Toride was completed. On 18 April 1928 the company Yayoiken (弥生軒) was founded. In 1949 the Japanese National Railways (JNR) was formed. In the same year the line between Matsudo and Toride was electrified, and a welcome arch was built in front of the station to mark the occasion.
In 1960 Yayoiken began using wrapping paper painted by Yamashita Kiyoshi (山下清) for its ekiben. In June 1962 the station was named a good station in an inspection by the Tokyo railway bureau. In August 1962 fluorescent lights were installed for the first time on part of the up platform. On 1 October 1964 the Jōban Line was electrified north of Toride, and some trains became electric trains. Semi-express Tokiwa trains began to stop here. On 27 March 1969 a groundbreaking ceremony was held for quadruple tracks on the Jōban Line. On 20 August 1969 steam train services on the Narita Line ended. On 13 December 1970 a new station building with a free passage and a north exit came into use. On 28 September 1973 the section from Abiko to Narita was electrified. On 1 October 1974 freight handling ended.
On 31 March 1978 the Chiyoda Line was fully opened, and trains began running directly between Odakyu Hon-Atsugi and Abiko. On 15 November 1982 the quadruple track between Abiko and Toride opened, and a new platform came into use. On 16 March 1985 the Midori no Madoguchi ticket office opened. On 1 April 1987 the national railway was split up and privatised, and the station became part of East Japan Railway Company (JR East). On 1 December 1987 rapid trains began running in longer formations. On 24 April 1993 automatic ticket gates were installed.
On 15 November 1998 escalators were installed inside the station. On 18 November 2001 Suica became usable. On 14 May 2003 a memorial stone for Iizumi Yoshio (飯泉義雄), who worked to open the station, was set up in front of the south exit. On 9 July 2005 a timetable change made Abiko a station that limited express trains pass through. On 31 January 2024 the Midori no Madoguchi ticket office closed. On 1 April 2025 an elevated station building came into use. On 20 April 2025 the quadruple track was completed, and a through service on the Chiyoda Line from Kasumigaseki (霞ヶ関) to Abiko began. New platforms came into use at that time.
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