Shizu Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 静駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Shimo-Ōga, Naka-shi, Ibaraki-ken 319-2107 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Suigun Line |
Distance: | 18.1 km from |
Platforms: | 1 side platform |
Status: | Unstaffed |
Opened: | February 1, 1919 |
Map Type: | Japan Ibaraki Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Shizu Station |
is a passenger railway station in the city of Naka, Ibaraki, Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Shizu Station is served by the Suigun Line, and is located 18.1 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Mito Station.
The station consists of a single side platform serving traffic in both directions. The station originally had two opposed side platforms, and the ruins of the second platform are still in situ. There is no station building. The station is unattended.
Shizu Station opened on February 1, 1919 as a station on the Mito Railway which was nationalized on December 1, 1927. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.