Mito Station (Ibaraki)

Mito Station (Ibaraki)
Mito Station
水戸駅
JRE-mito-station-north-entrance.jpg
Mito Station north entrance, January 2007
Location
Prefecture Ibaraki
(See other stations in Ibaraki)
City Mito
Coordinates 36°22′16″N 140°28′41″E / 36.3711°N 140.4780°E / 36.3711; 140.4780Coordinates: 36°22′16″N 140°28′41″E / 36.3711°N 140.4780°E / 36.3711; 140.4780
History
Year opened 1889
Rail services
Operator(s) East Japan Railway Company
Kashima Rinkai Tetsudo
Line(s) Jōban Line
Suigun Line

Mito Station (水戸駅 Mito eki?) is a JR East and Kashima Rinkai Tetsudo railway station located in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan.

Contents

Lines

JR East

Mito Station south entrance, January 2007

Kashima Rinkai Tetsudo

  • Ōarai-Kashima Line

Station layout

The station consists of four island platforms serving eight tracks.

1/2 Suigun Line Kami-Sugaya ・ Hitachi-Ōta ・ Hitachi-Daigo ・ Kōriyama
3/4 Jōban Line Hitachi ・ Takahagi ・ IwakiSendai
5/6 Jōban Line ・ Mito Line Tomobe ・ TsuchiuraUeno,  Kasama ・ Shimodate ・ Oyama
7 Jōban Line (Ltd. Express) Tomobe ・ Tsuchiura ・ Kashiwa ・ Ueno
8 Kashima Rinkai Tetsudo
Ōarai-Kashima Line
Ōarai ・ Shin-Hokota ・ Kashima-Jingu

History

  • 16 January 1889: Mito station opens on the Mito Line.
  • 16 November 1897: The Suigun Line opens.
  • 14 March 1985: The Kashima Rinkai Tetsudo Ōarai-Kashima Line opens.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
JR East
(Kairakuen)
Akatsuka
  Jōban Line
Mito Line
  Katsuta
Terminus   Suigun Line   Hitachi-Aoyagi
Kashima Rinkai Tetsudo
Terminus   Ōarai-Kashima Line   Higashi-Mito