Shizu Station (Ibaraki)

Shizu Station (静駅, Shizu-eki) is a railway station on the Suigun Line in Naka, Ibaraki, Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Shizu Station 静駅
Shizu Station in August 2008
Location	Shimo-Ōga, Naka, Ibaraki （茨城県那珂市下大賀） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Suigun Line
History
Opened	1919
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)	294 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Urizura toward Mito Suigun Line Hitachi-Ōmiya toward Kōriyama

Lines

Shizu Station is served by the Suigun Line, and is located 18.1 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Mito Station.

Station layout

Shizu Station has a single side platform serving traffic in both directions. The station originally had two opposed side platforms, and the ruins of the second platform are still in situ. There is no station building. The station is unattended.

History

Shizu Station opened on February 1, 1919 as a station on the Mito Railway which was nationalized on December 1, 1927. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area

• Japan National Route 118
• Shizu Jinja

External links

• JR East Station information (in Japanese)