Akatsuka Station (Ibaraki)

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).

Akatsuka Station 赤塚駅
Akatsuka Station, April 2007
General information
Location	Akatsuka 1-1866, Mito-shi, Ibaraki-ken 311-4141 Japan
Coordinates	36.3817°N 140.4153°E / 36.3817; 140.4153
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Jōban Line
Distance	109.3 km from Nippori
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	4 January 1894
Passengers
FY2019	6354 daily
Services
Preceding station 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 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 Location within Ibaraki Prefecture Akatsuka Station Akatsuka Station (Japan)

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).

Surrounding area

• Akatsuka Post Office
• Ibaraki Prefectural Building

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

Media related to Akatsuka Station (Ibaraki) at Wikimedia Commons

• Station information JR East Station Information (in Japanese)