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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).
Arakawaoki Station 荒川沖駅 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 Arakawaoki Station, August 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Arakawaoki Higashi 2-1-6, Tsuchiura, Ibaraki-ken 300-0871 Japan | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36.0305°N 140.1659°E | |||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR East | |||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Jōban Line | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 57.2 km from Nippori | |||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi ) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 25 December 1896 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 8158 daily | |||||||||||||||||||
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  Arakawaoki Station Location within Ibaraki Prefecture  Arakawaoki Station Arakawaoki Station (Japan) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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
- List of railway stations in Japan
References
- 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.
- "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.
- 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
- Station information JR East Station Information (in Japanese)
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