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 1889 | 9||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FY2019 | 29,172 (JR Lines) daily | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mito Station (水戸駅, Mito-eki) is a
Lines
Mito Station is served by the JR East
Station layout
The station consists of four
Platforms
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 )
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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 )
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for Tomobe, Ishioka, Tsuchiura, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa |
8 | ■ Kashima Rinkai Tetsudo Ōarai-Kashima Line | for Kashima-Jingu
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History
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
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
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
Media related to Mito Station (Ibaraki) at Wikimedia Commons
- Mito Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)
- Kashima Rinkai Railway Station Information (in Japanese)