Mito Station (Ibaraki)
Mito Station 水戸駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1-1-1 Miyamachi, Mito-shi, Ibaraki-ken 310-0015 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°22′16″N 140°28′41″E / 36.3711°N 140.4780°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 8 (4 island platforms) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 16 January 18899 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 29,172 (JR Lines) daily | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mito Station (水戸駅, Mito-eki) is a joint-use passenger railway station in the city of Mito, Ibaraki, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third sector Kashima Rinkai Railway.[1] The station premises are managed by JR East.[1]
Lines
[edit]Mito Station is served by the JR East Jōban Line and Suigun Line, and also by the Kashima Rinkai Railway's Ōarai-Kashima Line. It is located 115.3 km from the official starting point of the Jōban Line at Nippori Station and is a terminus of the Suigun Line and of the Ōarai-Kashima Line.
Station layout
[edit]The station consists of four island platforms serving eight tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office and a "View Plaza" travel agency.[1]
Platforms
[edit]| 1/2 | ■ Suigun Line | for Kami-Sugaya, Hitachi-Ōta, Hitachi-Daigo, and Kōriyama |
| 3/4 | ■ Jōban Line | for Katsuta, Hitachi, Takahagi, Iwaki, Haranomachi and Sendai |
| 5/6 | ■ Jōban Line (JU Ueno-Tokyo Line) |
for Tomobe, Ishioka, Tsuchiura, Toride, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa |
| ■ Mito Line | for Tomobe, Kasama, Shimodate, and Oyama | |
| 7 | ■ Jōban Line Limited Express (JU Ueno-Tokyo Line) |
for Tomobe, Ishioka, Tsuchiura, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa |
| 8 | ■ Kashima Rinkai Tetsudo Ōarai-Kashima Line | for Ōarai, Shin-Hokota, and Kashima-Jingu |
History
[edit]Mito station opened on the Mito Line on 16 January 1889.[2] The Suigun Line opened on 16 November 1897. 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.
The Kashima Rinkai Tetsudo Ōarai-Kashima Line opened on 14 March 1985.
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2019, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 29,172 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3] In fiscal 2019, the Kashima Rinkai Railway portion of the station was used by an average of 2064 passengers daily.[4]
The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | Daily average |
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| 1913 | 807[2] |
| 1960 | 27,589[2] |
| 1971 | 31,085[2] |
| 1984 | 31,976[2] |
| 2000 | 30,421[5] |
| 2005 | 29,216[6] |
| 2010 | 27,109[7] |
| 2015 | 29,767[8] |
Surrounding area
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c 各駅情報（水戸駅） [Station Information (Mito Station)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ a b c d e 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 480. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "統計年報 平成30年版 14.運輸・通信". Mito City. December 26, 2019.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 （2000年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 （2005年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
External links
[edit] Media related to Mito Station (Ibaraki) at Wikimedia Commons
- Mito Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)
- Kashima Rinkai Railway Station Information (in Japanese)