Toride Station

Toride Station (取手駅, Toride-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Toride, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is also shared by the private railway operator Kantō Railway.

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Toride Station west entrance, June 2010
General information
Location	2 Chūō-chō, Toride-shi, Ibaraki-ken 302-0014 Japan
Coordinates	35°53′47″N 140°03′47″E
Operated by	JR East Kantō Railway
Line(s)	■ Jōban Line ■ Jōsō Line
Distance	51.1 km from Nippori
Platforms	4 island platforms
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Website	Official website
History
Opened	25 December 1896; 128 years ago (1896-12-25)6
Passengers
27,277 daily (JR FY2019); 11,506 (Kanto, FY2018)
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Kashiwa JJ07 towards Shinagawa Jōban Line Special Rapid Fujishiro towards Tsuchiura Tennōdai JJ09 towards Shinagawa Jōban Line Rapid Terminus Jōban Line Local-Futsuu Fujishiro towards Sendai Tennōdai JL31 (limited service) towards Ayase Jōban Line Local-Kankō (limited service) Terminus Preceding station Kantō Railway Following station Terminus Jōsō Line Rapid Local Nishi-Toride towards Shimodate
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Lines

Toride Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 37.4 km (23.2 mi) from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station. It is a terminus of the 51.1 km (31.8 mi) Jōsō Line of the Kantō Railway.

Station layout

Toride Station east entrance, June 2009

The JR East portion of the station has three elevated island platforms serving six tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. The Kantō Railway portion of the station has a single ground level island platform.

Platforms

1/2	JL Jōban Line (Local)	for Abiko, Kashiwa, Matsudo and Ayase C Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Kita-senju, Nishi-nippori and Yoyogi-uehara
3/4	JJ Jōban Line (Rapid)	for Kashiwa, Matsudo, and Ueno JU Ueno-Tokyo Line for Tokyo and Shinagawa
5	JJ Jōban Line (Rapid)	for Kashiwa, Matsudo, and Ueno JU Ueno-Tokyo Line for Tokyo and Shinagawa
	■ Jōban Line	for Tsuchiura, Ishioka, Mito, Takahagi, and Iwaki
6	■ Jōban Line	for Tsuchiura, Ishioka, Mito, Takahagi, and Iwaki
7/8	■ Jōsō Line	for Moriya, Mitsukaido, and Shimodate

History

The 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.

A 27-year-old Japanese man was arrested after stabbing 14 people outside of the west entrance of Toride Station on the morning of 17 December 2010. The suspect was alleged to have boarded a bus where he stabbed mostly high school and middle school students, before being subdued. None of the victims were seriously injured.^[2][3][4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 27,277 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[5] In fiscal 2018, the Kanto Railway portion of the station was used by an average of 11,506 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[6]

Surrounding area

• former Toride-shuku
• Toride Velodrome

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan