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Akatsuka Station (Ibaraki)

Coordinates: 36°22′54″N 140°24′55″E / 36.3817°N 140.4153°E / 36.3817; 140.4153
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Akatsuka Station

赤塚駅
Akatsuka Station, April 2007
General information
LocationAkatsuka 1-1866, Mito-shi, Ibaraki-ken 311-4141
Japan
Coordinates36°22′54″N 140°24′55″E / 36.3817°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 Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Tomobe
towards Shinagawa
Tokiwa
(limited service)
Mito
towards Takahagi
Uchihara
towards Shinagawa
Jōban Line
Local-Futsuu
Mito
towards Sendai
Uchihara
towards Oyama
Mito Line Mito
Terminus
Seasonal services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Tomobe
towards Shinagawa
Tokiwa
(limited service)
Kairakuen
(limited service, seasonal)
towards Takahagi
Uchihara
towards Shinagawa
Jōban Line
Local-Futsuu
Kairakuen
(seasonal)
towards Sendai
Uchihara
towards Oyama
Mito Line Kairakuen
(seasonal)
towards Mito
Location
Akatsuka Station is located in Ibaraki Prefecture
Akatsuka Station
Akatsuka Station
Location within Ibaraki Prefecture
Akatsuka Station is located in Japan
Akatsuka Station
Akatsuka Station
Akatsuka Station (Japan)

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Surrounding area

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  • Akatsuka Post Office
  • Ibaraki Prefectural Building

See also

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References

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  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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