Arakawaoki Station

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
Arakawaoki Station, August 2008
General information
Location	Arakawaoki Higashi 2-1-6, Tsuchiura, Ibaraki-ken 300-0871 Japan
Coordinates	36.0305°N 140.1659°E / 36.0305; 140.1659
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Jōban Line
Distance	57.2 km from Nippori
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Website	Official website
History
Opened	25 December 1896
Passengers
FY2019	8158 daily
Services
Preceding station 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
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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

The surrounding area is a residential suburb.

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

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

• Station information JR East Station Information (in Japanese)