Jūō Station

Jūō Station (十王駅, Jūō-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Jūō Station

十王駅
Jūō Station, January 2014
LocationJūō-cho Tomobe 177, Hitachi-shi, Ibaraki-ken 319-1304
Japan
Coordinates36.6712°N 140.6863°E / 36.6712; 140.6863
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Jōban Line
Distance156.6 km from Nippori
Platforms1 island platform
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened25 February 1897
Previous namesKawajiri (until 2004)
Passengers
FY20192957 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Ogitsu
toward Shinagawa
 Jōban Line
Local-Futsuu
 Takahagi
toward Sendai
Location
Jūō Station
Location within Ibaraki Prefecture
Jūō Station
Jūō Station (Japan)

Lines

Jūō Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 156.6 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station.

Station layout

The station has consists of one elevated island platform connected to the station building by an underground passageway. It is staffed.

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

History

Jūō Station was opened on 25 February 1897 as Kawajiri Station (川尻駅). The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. It was renamed to its present name on 13 March 2004.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2957 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area
  • Jūō Post Office

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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