Akatsuka Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 赤塚駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Akatsuka 1-1866, Mito-shi, Ibaraki-ken 311-4141 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Jōban Line |
Distance: | 109.3 km from |
Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platform |
Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Opened: | 4 January 1894 |
Passengers: | 6354 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Ibaraki Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Akatsuka Station |
Other Services Header: | Seasonal services |
Other Services Collapsible: | yes |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Akatsuka Station is served by the Jōban Line and the Mito Line, and is located 109.3 km from the official starting point of the Jōban Line at Nippori Station.
The station consists of one side platform and one island platform. The station building is elevated and above the platforms. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Akatsuka Station was opened on 4 January 1894. The Ibaraki Kotsu Ibaraki Line operated from this station from 1926 to 1971. 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 1999.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 6354 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]