Toride Station
Toride Station 取手駅 | |
|---|---|
 Toride Station west entrance, June 2010 | |
| Location |
Chuo-cho, Toride, Ibaraki （茨城県取手市中央町） Japan |
| Operated by | |
| Line(s) | |
| History | |
| Opened | 1896 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (FY2014) | 27,410 (JR) [1] daily |
Toride Station (取手駅 Toride-eki) is a railway station on the Jōban Line in Toride, Ibaraki, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is also shared by the private railway operator Kanto Railway.
Lines
Toride Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 37.4 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station. It is a terminus of the 51.1 km Jōsō Line of the Kantō Railway
Station layout
The JR East portion of Toride station has three elevated island platforms serving six tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office. The Kanto Railway portion of the station has a single ground level island platform.
Platforms
| 1/2 | ■ Jōban Line (Local) | for Abiko, Kita-Senju Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line for Yoyogi-Uehara
|
| 3/4 | ■ Jōban Line (Rapid) | for Kashiwa, Matsudo, and Ueno |
| 5 | ■ Jōban Line (Rapid) | for Kashiwa, Matsudo, and Ueno |
| ■ Jōban Line | for Tsuchiura, Mito, and Iwaki | |
| 6 | ■ Jōban Line | for Tsuchiura, Mito, and Iwaki |
| 7/8 | ■ Jōsō Line | for Moriya, Mitsukaido, and Shimodate |
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jōban Line (Rapid) | ||||
| Kashiwa | Special Rapid | Fujishiro | ||
| Tennōdai | Rapid | Terminus | ||
| Tennōdai | Local (Rapid service between Toride and Ueno) |
Fujishiro | ||
| Jōban Line (Local) | ||||
| Tennōdai | Local (Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line through service) |
Terminus | ||
| Kantō Railway Jōsō Line | ||||
| Terminus | Rapid | Nishi-Toride | ||
| Terminus | Local | Nishi-Toride | ||
History
The station opened on 25 December 1896.[2] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.
A 27-year-old Japanese man was arrested after stabbing 14 people outside of the west entrance of Toride Station on the morning of 17 December 2010. The suspect was alleged to have boarded a bus where he stabbed mostly high school and middle school students, before being subdued. None of the victims were seriously injured.[3][4][5]
Surrounding area
- former Toride-shuku
- Toride Velodrome
References
- ↑ 各駅の乗車人員 （2014年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2014)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ↑ "JR East Toride Station information" (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 2010-12-17.
- ↑ "Japan knife attacker injures at least 13 people". BBC News. 2010-12-16. Retrieved 2010-12-17.
- ↑ 取手駅前、登校バス乗りこみ切りつけ 容疑の２７歳逮捕 (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. 2010-12-17. Retrieved 2010-12-17.
- ↑ "14 hurt in Ibaraki Pref. knife attack". Yomiuri Shimbun. 2010-12-17. Retrieved 2010-12-17.
External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Toride Station. |
- JR East station information (Japanese)
- Kanto Railway station information (Japanese)
Coordinates: 35°53′47″N 140°03′47″E / 35.896451°N 140.063123°E