Tōkai Station

Tōkai Station (東海駅, Tōkai-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the village of Tōkai, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Tōkai Station

東海駅
Tōkai Station, August 2006
LocationFunaishikawaekinishi 1-1-1, Tōkai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki-ken 319-1116
Japan
Coordinates36.4654°N 140.5657°E / 36.4654; 140.5657
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Jōban Line
Distance130.0 km from Nippori
Platforms1 side +1 island platform
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened1 April 1898
Previous namesIshigami (until 1957)
Passengers
FY20195055 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Katsuta
toward Shinagawa
 Hitachi
(limited service)
 Ōmika
(limited service)
toward Sendai
Tokiwa Ōmika
toward Takahagi
Sawa
toward Shinagawa
 Jōban Line
Local-Futsuu
 Ōmika
toward Sendai
Location
Tōkai Station
Location within Ibaraki Prefecture
Tōkai Station
Tōkai Station (Japan)

Lines

Tōkai Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 130.0 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station.

Station layout

The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by an overhead passageway. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

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

History

Tōkai Station was opened on 1 April 1898 as Ishigami Station (石神駅). The station was renamed to its present name on 1 April 1957. 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 July 1994.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 5055 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area
  • Tōkai Village Hall
  • Tōkai 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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