Jūō Station

Jūō Station (十王駅, Jūō-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

Jūō Station 十王駅
Jūō Station, January 2014
Location	Jūō-cho Tomobe 177, Hitachi, Ibaraki （茨城県日立市十王町友部177） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Jōban Line
History
Opened	1897
Previous names	Kawajiri (until 2004)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)	3151 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Ogitsu toward Shinagawa Jōban Line Local-Futsuu Takahagi toward Sendai

Lines

Jūō Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 156.6 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station.

Station layout

Jūō Station has one elevated island platform connected to the station building by an underground passageway.

Platforms

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

History

Jūō Station was opened on 25 February 1897 as Kawajiri Station (川尻駅). The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. It was renamed to its present name on 13 March 2004.

Surrounding area

• Jūō Post Office

References

External links

• Station information JR East Station Information (in Japanese)