Kairakuen Station | |
Native Name: | 偕楽園駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Tokiwa-cho, Mito-shi, Ibaraki-ken 310-0033 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 36.3729°N 140.4564°W |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Jōban Line |
Distance: | 113.4 km from |
Platforms: | 1 side platform |
Status: | Staffed |
Opened: | 2 February 1925 |
Former: | Kōenshita (until 1967) |
Map Type: | Japan Ibaraki Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Kairakuen Station |
Passengers: | N/A daily |
is a passenger railway station on the Jōban Line in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).[1]
It is a "seasonal" station which serves the nearby Kairaku-en gardens, and is open only during the plum blossom season in February and March. Some Hitachi and Tokiwa limited express services also stop at the station during this period.[2]
Kairakuen Station is served by the Jōban Line from Ueno Station in Tokyo. Located between and stations, it is 113.4 km from the starting point of the Joban Line at Ueno Station.[3]
The station consists of a single side platform serving the down (Mito-bound) track only. Up (Ueno-bound) trains do not stop at this station.
The station first opened on 2 February 1925[3] as .[4] On 1 February 1967, it was renamed Kairakuen Station.[4] From 1 April 1987, it became a seasonal station.