Arakawaoki Station

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Arakawaoki Station

荒川沖駅
JR Arakawaoki sta 001.jpg
Arakawaoki Station, August 2008
LocationArakawaoki Higashi 2-1-6, Tsuchiura, Ibaraki-ken 300-0871
Japan
Coordinates36°01′50″N 140°09′57″E / 36.0305°N 140.1659°E / 36.0305; 140.1659Coordinates: 36°01′50″N 140°09′57″E / 36.0305°N 140.1659°E / 36.0305; 140.1659
Operated byJR logo (east).svg JR East
Line(s)■ Jōban Line
Distance57.2 km from Nippori
Platforms2 side platforms
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened25 December 1896
Passengers
FY20198158 daily
Services
Preceding station JR logo (east).svg JR East Following station
Hitachino-Ushiku
(limited service)
towards Shinagawa
 Tokiwa
(limited service)
 Tsuchiura
towards Takahagi
Hitachino-Ushiku
towards Shinagawa
 Jōban Line
  Special Rapid
 Tsuchiura
Terminus
Jōban Line
Local-Futsuu
 Tsuchiura
towards Sendai
Location
Arakawaoki Station is located in Ibaraki Prefecture
Arakawaoki Station
Arakawaoki Station
Location within Ibaraki Prefecture

Arakawaoki Station (荒川沖駅, Arakawaoki-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines[]

Arakawaoki Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 57.2 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station.

Station layout[]

The station is an elevated station with two opposed side platforms. It has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms[]

1 ■ Jōban Line for Tsuchiura, Ishioka, Mito, Takahagi and Iwaki
2 ■ Jōban Line
(JU Ueno-Tokyo Line) 		for Toride, Kashiwa, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa

History[]

Arakawaoki Station opened on 25 December 1896.[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. On 23 March 2008, one person was killed and seven people injured when a man (Masahiro Kanagawa, aged 24) went on a stabbing spree with two knives in the passageway linking the station to the nearby shopping street.[2]

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 8158 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Surrounding area[]

  • former Arakawaoki-shuku
  • Tsuchiura-Arakawaoki Post Office
  • JGSDF Camp Kasumigaura

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 103. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
  2. ^ "Suspect in stabbing spree sought death sentence". The Asahi Shimbun. Japan: The Asahi Shimbun Company. 14 April 2008. Archived from the original on 15 April 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  3. ^ 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 Arakawaoki Station at Wikimedia Commons

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