Arakawaoki Station
Arakawaoki Station 荒川沖駅 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 Arakawaoki Station, August 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Arakawaoki Higashi 2-1-6, Tsuchiura, Ibaraki-ken 300-0871 Japan | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°01′50″N 140°09′57″E / 36.0305°N 140.1659°E | |||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} 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 (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
[edit]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
[edit]The station is an elevated station with two opposed side platforms. It has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
[edit]| 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
[edit]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
[edit]In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 8158 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
Surrounding area
[edit]The surrounding area is a residential suburb.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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
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Media related to Arakawaoki Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Station information JR East Station Information (in Japanese)