| | Status: | finished |  | Name in kanji: | 秋葉原 |  | Name in hiragana: | あきはばら |  | Location: | Japan, Tokyo, Chiyoda-ku, Chiyoda |  | Closed for freight: | 1974-02-01 | 
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 History
 
 | 1890-11-01 | opened | Opened as a freight station |  | 1906-11-01 | other | Nationalisation |  | 1925-11-01 | newline | Elevated line between Ueno and Tokyo is opened on the Tohoku line for passengers. |  | 1928-04-01 | finishconstruct | Finished construction on first phase of west elevated freight station. |  | 1932-07-01 | finishconstruct | Second phase of elevated freight station. Ground freight track to Ueno demolished.
Connection to Ochanomizu. |  | 1945-03-11 | other | Bombed during World War 2 |  | 1951-11-01 | other | Akihabara Department Store opened |  | 1962-05-31 | newline | Hibiya Line station opened |  | 1974-02-01 | closedfreight |  |  | 1975-02-01 | other | Ended freight service |  | 2001-11-18 | opened | Start of Suica IC Card |  | 2005-08-17 | refurbished | Opening new central entrance |  | 2005-08-24 | newline | Tsukuba Express station opened |  | 2006-12-13 | other | Akihabara Department Store closed |  | 2010-11-19 | other | New Atré department store opened | 
 Average daily passengers
 
 | 1999 | 137904 |  | 2000 | 137736 |  | 2001 | 137045 |  | 2002 | 145157 |  | 2003 | 142517 |  | 2004 | 141963 |  | 2005 | 171166 |  | 2006 | 200025 |  | 2007 | 217237 |  | 2008 | 224084 |  | 2009 | 224608 |  | 2010 | 226646 |  | 2011 | 230689 |  | 2012 | 234187 |  | 2013 | 240327 |  | 2014 | 240995 |  | 2015 | 243921 |  | 2016 | 246623 |  | 2017 | 250251 |  | 2018 | 252267 |  | 2019 | 248033 |  | 2020 | 156102 | 
 
 | Exits
 
 | Electric Town Exit | Midori no madoguchi Information
 |  | Showa Dori Exit | Midori no madoguchi Hibiya Line
 |  | Chuo Kaisatsu Exit | Tsukuba Express Bus
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