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Akatsuka Station 赤塚駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Akatsuka Station, April 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Akatsuka 1-1866, Mito-shi, Ibaraki-ken 311-4141 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°22′54″N 140°24′55″E / 36.3817°N 140.4153°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Line(s) | ■ Jōban Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 109.3 km from Nippori | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed ( Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 4 January 1894 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 6354 daily | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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).
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
- ^ 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.
External links
Media related to
Akatsuka Station (Ibaraki) at Wikimedia Commons
- Station information JR East Station Information (in Japanese)
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