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Akihabara Station is a railway station in Tokyo's Chiyoda ward. It is at the center of the Akihabara shopping district specializing in electronic goods.LinesAkihabara Station is served by the following lines. JR East: Tōhoku Main Line Keihin-Tohoku Line Yamanote Line Chūō-Sōbu Line Tokyo Metro: Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company: Tsukuba Express The above-ground section of the station is cross-shaped, with the Chūō-Sōbu Line tracks running from east to west, and the Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku Line (and Tohoku Shinkansen, which does not stop at Akihabara) from north to south.Station layoutJR EastThere are two island platforms serving four tracks for the Yamanote Line and the Keihin-Tohoku Line on the 2nd level, and two side platforms serving two tracks for the Sobu Line Local service on the 4th level.Chest-high platform edge doors were installed on the Yamanote Line platforms in May 2015, to be brought into operation from 20 June 2015.