Tōkai Station (東海駅, Tōkai-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the village of Tōkai, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Tōkai Station 東海駅 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Tōkai Station, August 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Funaishikawaekinishi 1-1-1, Tōkai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki-ken 319-1116 Japan | |||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 36.4654°N 140.5657°E / 36.4654; 140.5657 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Line(s) | ■ Jōban Line | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 130.0 km from Nippori | |||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side +1 island platform | |||||||||||||||||||
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Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | |||||||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1 April 1898 | |||||||||||||||||||
Previous names | Ishigami (until 1957) | |||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||||
FY2019 | 5055 daily | |||||||||||||||||||
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![]() ![]() Tōkai Station Location within Ibaraki Prefecture Show map of Ibaraki Prefecture![]() ![]() Tōkai Station Tōkai Station (Japan) Show map of Japan |
Tōkai Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 130.0 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station.
The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by an overhead passageway. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
1,2 | ■ Jōban Line | for Hitachi, Takahagi, Isohara, Iwaki and Haranomachi |
2,3 | ■ Joban Line (JU Ueno-Tokyo Line) |
for Katsuta, Mito, Tomobe, Ishioka, Tsuchiura, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa |
■ Mito Line | for Mito, Tomobe, Kasama, Shimodate, and Oyama |
Tōkai Station was opened on 1 April 1898 as Ishigami Station (石神駅). The station was renamed to its present name on 1 April 1957. 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.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 5055 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
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Stations of the Jōban Line | ||
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Stations served only by the Chiyoda Line through service local trains between Kita-Senju and Abiko are omitted. | JJ |
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