Mito Station (Ibaraki)

Mito Station

水戸駅
Mito Station; 水戸駅
	Mito Station South entrance, May 2012
General information
Location	1-1-1 Miyamachi, Mito-shi, Ibaraki-ken 310-0015; Japan
Coordinates	36°22′16″N 140°28′41″E / 36.3711°N 140.4780°E
Operated by	JR East (manager); Kashima Rinkai Tetsudo; JR Freight;
Line(s)	■ Jōban Line; ■Suigun Line; ■ Ōarai-Kashima Line;
Platforms	8 (4 island platforms)
Connections	Bus terminal;
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	16 January 1889; 135 years ago9
Passengers
FY2019	29,172 (JR Lines) daily
Services
Seasonal services
Location
	Mito Station Location within Ibaraki Prefecture Mito Station Mito Station (Japan)

Mito Station (水戸駅, Mito-eki) is a joint-use passenger railway station in the city of Mito, Ibaraki, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third sector Kashima Rinkai Railway.^[1] The station premises are managed by JR East.^[1]

Lines[edit]

Mito Station is served by the JR East Jōban Line and Suigun Line, and also by the Kashima Rinkai Railway's Ōarai-Kashima Line. It is located 115.3 km from the official starting point of the Jōban Line at Nippori Station and is a terminus of the Suigun Line and of the Ōarai-Kashima Line.

Station layout[edit]

Mito Station north entrance, October 2008

The station consists of four island platforms serving eight tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office and a "View Plaza" travel agency.^[1]

Platforms[edit]

1/2	■ Suigun Line	for Kami-Sugaya, Hitachi-Ōta, Hitachi-Daigo, and Kōriyama
3/4	■ Jōban Line	for Katsuta, Hitachi, Takahagi, Iwaki, Haranomachi and Sendai
5/6	■ Jōban Line (JU Ueno-Tokyo Line)	for Tomobe, Ishioka, Tsuchiura, Toride, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa
5/6	■ Mito Line	for Tomobe, Kasama, Shimodate, and Oyama
7	■ Jōban Line Limited Express (JU Ueno-Tokyo Line)	for Tomobe, Ishioka, Tsuchiura, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa
8	■ Kashima Rinkai Tetsudo Ōarai-Kashima Line	for Ōarai, Shin-Hokota, and Kashima-Jingu

History[edit]

Mito station opened on the Mito Line on 16 January 1889.^[2] The Suigun Line opened on 16 November 1897. 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 July 1994.

The Kashima Rinkai Tetsudo Ōarai-Kashima Line opened on 14 March 1985.

Passenger statistics[edit]

In fiscal 2019, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 29,172 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[3] In fiscal 2019, the Kashima Rinkai Railway portion of the station was used by an average of 2064 passengers daily.^[4]

The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
1913	807^[2]
1960	27,589^[2]
1971	31,085^[2]
1984	31,976^[2]
2000	30,421^[5]
2005	29,216^[6]
2010	27,109^[7]
2015	29,767^[8]

Surrounding area[edit]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c 各駅情報（水戸駅） [Station Information (Mito Station)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 480. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
^ "統計年報平成30年版 14.運輸・通信". Mito City. December 26, 2019.
^ 各駅の乗車人員（2000年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
^ 各駅の乗車人員（2005年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 December 2016.

External links[edit]

Media related to Mito Station (Ibaraki) at Wikimedia Commons

Mito Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)
Kashima Rinkai Railway Station Information (in Japanese)

[jreast-1] 各駅情報（水戸駅） [Station Information (Mito Station)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 December 2012.

[jnr1985-2] 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 480. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.

[jreast2019stats-3] 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

[Kashima_Rinkai-h30-4] "統計年報平成30年版 14.運輸・通信". Mito City. December 26, 2019.

[jreast2000stats-5] 各駅の乗車人員（2000年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 December 2012.

[jreast2005stats-6] 各駅の乗車人員（2005年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 December 2012.

[jreast2010stats-7] 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 December 2012.

[jreast2015stats-8] 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 December 2016.

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