Akatsuka Station (Ibaraki)

Akatsuka Station (赤塚駅, Akatsuka-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Akatsuka Station

赤塚駅
Akatsuka Station, April 2007
LocationAkatsuka 1-1866, Mito-shi, Ibaraki-ken 311-4141
Japan
Coordinates36.3817°N 140.4153°E / 36.3817; 140.4153
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Jōban Line
Distance109.3 km from Nippori
Platforms1 side + 1 island platform
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened4 January 1894
Passengers
FY20196354 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Tomobe
toward Shinagawa
 Tokiwa
(limited service)
 Mito
toward Takahagi
Uchihara
toward Shinagawa
 Jōban Line
Local-Futsuu
 Mito
toward Sendai
Uchihara
toward Oyama
 Mito Line Mito
Terminus
Seasonal services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Tomobe
toward Shinagawa
 Tokiwa
(limited service)
 Kairakuen
(limited service, seasonal)
toward Takahagi
Uchihara
toward Shinagawa
 Jōban Line
Local-Futsuu
 Kairakuen
(seasonal)
toward Sendai
Uchihara
toward Oyama
 Mito Line Kairakuen
(seasonal)
toward Mito
Location
Akatsuka Station
Location within Ibaraki Prefecture
Akatsuka Station
Akatsuka Station (Japan)

Lines

Akatsuka Station is served by the Jōban Line and the Mito Line, and is located 109.3 km from the official starting point of the Jōban Line at Nippori Station.

Station layout

The station consists of one side platform and one island platform. The station building is elevated and above the platforms. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms
1 ■ Jōban Line for Mito, Katsuta, Hitachi, Takahagi and Iwaki
2 ■ Jōban Line
(JU Ueno-Tokyo Line)		 for Tomobe, Ishioka, Tsuchiura, Toride, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa
3 ■ Jōban Line
(JU Ueno-Tokyo Line)		 for Tomobe, Ishioka, Tsuchiura, Toride, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa
■ Mito Line for Tomobe, Kasama, Shimodate and Oyama

History

Akatsuka Station was opened on 4 January 1894. The Ibaraki Kotsu Ibaraki Line operated from this station from 1926 to 1971. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. A new station building was completed in 1999.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 6354 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area
  • Akatsuka Post Office
  • Ibaraki Prefectural Building

See also

References
  1. 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

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