Shin-Koiwa Station, Railway station in Katsushika-ku, Japan.
Shin-Koiwa is a railway station with two island platforms and four tracks, linking passengers through the Sobu Line and Chuo-Sobu Line in eastern Tokyo. The platforms sit above street level and feature automatic safety doors along their edges.
The station opened on February 14, 1926, originally serving Japanese National Railways passengers on the Sobu Line. It became part of JR East after privatization in 1987.
The name comes from nearby Koiwa, with "Shin" meaning "new" in Japanese, marking this as the newer stop along the line. Local shops around the entrance sell bento boxes and sweets that commuters pick up on their way home.
The facility serves more than 72,000 passengers each day and offers ticket counters and travel service desks for inquiries. Platform doors close automatically as trains approach, adding an extra layer of safety.
The automatic platform doors here are recognized as the longest in the world, surpassing earlier records from Hong Kong. These doors run continuously along the entire platform edge.
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