Uchihara Station

Uchihara Station (内原駅, Uchihara-eki) is a railway station located in the city of Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).

Uchihara Station

内原駅
Uchihara Station, September 2009
LocationUchihara 69, Mito-shi, Ibaraki-ken 319-0315
Japan
Coordinates36.3702°N 140.3528°E / 36.3702; 140.3528
Operated by
Line(s)■ Jōban Line
Distance103.5 km from Nippori
Platforms1 side + 1 island platform
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened16 January 1889
Passengers
FY20192758 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Tomobe
toward Shinagawa
 Jōban Line
Local-Futsuu
 Akatsuka
toward Sendai
Tomobe
toward Oyama
 Mito Line Akatsuka
toward Mito
Location
Uchihara Station
Location within Ibaraki Prefecture
Uchihara Station
Uchihara Station (Japan)

Lines

Uchihara Station is served by the Jōban Line and the Mito Line, and is located 103.5 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, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms
1,2 ■ Jōban Line for Mito, Katsuta, Hitachi, Takahagi and Iwaki
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

Uchihara Station was opened on 16 January 1889. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2758 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area
  • Aeon Mall Mito-Uchihara

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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