Mito Station 水戸駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mito Station South entrance, May 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | 1-1-1 Miyamachi, Mito-shi, Ibaraki-ken 310-0015 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°22′16″N 140°28′41″E / 36.3711°N 140.4780°ECoordinates: 36°22′16″N 140°28′41″E / 36.3711°N 140.4780°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 8 (4 island platforms) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 16 January 1889 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FY2019 | 29,172 (JR Lines) daily | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mito Station (水戸駅, Mito-eki) is a joint-use passenger railway station in the city of Mito, Ibaraki, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third sector Kashima Rinkai Railway.[1] The station premises are managed by JR East.[1]
Mito Station is served by the JR East Jōban Line and Suigun Line, and also by the Kashima Rinkai Railway's Ōarai-Kashima Line. It is located 115.3 km from the official starting point of the Jōban Line at Nippori Station and is a terminus of the Suigun Line and of the Ōarai-Kashima Line.
The station consists of four island platforms serving eight tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office and a "View Plaza" travel agency.[1]
1/2 | ■ Suigun Line | for Kami-Sugaya, Hitachi-Ōta, Hitachi-Daigo, and Kōriyama |
3/4 | ■ Jōban Line | for Katsuta, Hitachi, Takahagi, Iwaki, Haranomachi and Sendai |
5/6 | ■ Jōban Line (JU Ueno-Tokyo Line) |
for Tomobe, Ishioka, Tsuchiura, Toride, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa |
■ Mito Line | for Tomobe, Kasama, Shimodate, and Oyama | |
7 | ■ Jōban Line Limited Express (JU Ueno-Tokyo Line) |
for Tomobe, Ishioka, Tsuchiura, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa |
8 | ■ Kashima Rinkai Tetsudo Ōarai-Kashima Line | for Ōarai, Shin-Hokota, and Kashima-Jingu |
Mito station opened on the Mito Line on 16 January 1889.[2] The Suigun Line opened on 16 November 1897. 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.
The Kashima Rinkai Tetsudo Ōarai-Kashima Line opened on 14 March 1985.
In fiscal 2019, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 29,172 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3] In fiscal 2019, the Kashima Rinkai Railway portion of the station was used by an average of 2064 passengers daily.[4]
The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.
Fiscal year | Daily average |
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1913 | 807[2] |
1960 | 27,589[2] |
1971 | 31,085[2] |
1984 | 31,976[2] |
2000 | 30,421[5] |
2005 | 29,216[6] |
2010 | 27,109[7] |
2015 | 29,767[8] |