Akatsuka Station (Ibaraki)

Akatsuka Station (赤塚駅, Akatsuka-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

Akatsuka Station 赤塚駅
Akatsuka Station, April 2007
Location	Akatsuka 1-1866, Mito, Ibaraki （茨城県水戸市赤塚一丁目1866） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Jōban Line
History
Opened	1894
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013)	5894 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Tomobe toward Shinagawa Tokiwa (limited service) Mito toward Takahagi Kairakuen (limited service, seasonal) toward Takahagi Uchihara toward Shinagawa Jōban Line Local-Futsuu Mito toward Sendai Kairakuen (seasonal) toward Sendai Uchihara toward Oyama Mito Line Mito Terminus Kairakuen (seasonal) toward Mito

Lines

Akatsuka Station is served by the Jōban Line and the Mito Line, and is located 109.3 km from the official starting point of the Jōban Line at Nippori Station.

Station layout

Akatsuka Station has one side platform and one island platform. The station building is elevated and above the platforms. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Jōban Line	for Mito, Katsuta, Hitachi, Takahagi and Iwaki
2	■ Jōban Line (JU Ueno-Tokyo Line)	for Tomobe, Ishioka, Tsuchiura, Toride, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa
3	■ Jōban Line (JU Ueno-Tokyo Line)	for Tomobe, Ishioka, Tsuchiura, Toride, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa
	■ Mito Line	for Tomobe, Kasama, Shimodate and Oyama

History

Akatsuka Station was opened on 4 January 1894. The Ibaraki Kotsu Ibaraki Line operated from this station from 1926 to 1971. 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 1999.

Surrounding area

• Akatsuka Post Office
• Ibaraki Prefectural Building

External links

• Station information JR East Station Information (in Japanese)