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Jūō Station (十王駅, Jūō-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Jūō Station 十王駅 | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Jūō-cho Tomobe 177, Hitachi-shi, Ibaraki-ken 319-1304 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°40′16″N 140°41′11″E / 36.6712°N 140.6863°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | JR East | ||||||||||
Line(s) | ■ Jōban Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 156.6 km from Nippori | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Staffed | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 25 February 1897 | ||||||||||
Previous names | Kawajiri (until 2004) | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2019 | 2957 daily | ||||||||||
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Lines
editJūō 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
editThe station has consists of one elevated island platform connected to the station building by an underground passageway. It is staffed.
Platforms
edit1 | ■ 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
editJūō 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.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2957 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
edit- Jūō Post Office
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
External links
editMedia related to Jūō Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Station information JR East Station Information (in Japanese)