Ishioka Station

Ishioka Station (石岡駅, Ishioka-eki) is a railway station on the Jōban Line in Ishioka, Ibaraki, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]

Ishioka Station

石岡駅
The east entrance of Ishioka Station in September 2016
Location1-1-17 Kokufu, Ishioka-shi, Ibaraki-ken 315-0014
Japan
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Joban Line
Distance80.0 km from Nippori
Platforms1 side platform + 1 island platform
Tracks3
Other information
Websitewww.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=112
History
Opened1895
Traffic
Passengers (FY2011)5,702 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Tsuchiura
toward Shinagawa
 Tokiwa Tomobe
toward Takahagi
Takahama
toward Shinagawa
 Jōban Line
Local-Futsuu
 Hatori
toward Sendai
Location
Ishioka Station
Location within Japan

Lines

Ishioka Station is served by the Joban Line, and is located 80.0 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station. It also used to be the terminal for the Kashima Railway Line until the line closed on 31 March 2007.

Station layout

Ishioka Station has one side platform and one island platform, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.[1]

Platforms
The former Kashima Railway platform in September 2006
1 ■ Jōban Line for Tomobe, Mito, Katsuta, Hitachi, Takahagi and Iwaki
2, 3 ■ Jōban Line
(JU Ueno-Tokyo Line)		 for Tsuchiura, Toride, Kashiwa, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa

There was also a platform and depot for the Kashima Railway Line, from 1922 until it closed on 31 March 2007.

History

The station opened on 4 November 1895.[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 5,702 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area
East side of the station, February 2012

There is a bus service from here to Ibaraki Airport.[3]

See also

References
  1. 各駅情報（石岡駅） [Station Information: Ishioka Station] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  2. 各駅の乗車人員　（2014年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  3. Ibaraki Airport website. Retrieved 8 September 2012. Archived 10 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine

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