Mito Station (Ibaraki)

Location
	Mito Station Location within Ibaraki Prefecture Mito Station Location within Japan

Mito Station

水戸駅
Mito Station; 水戸駅
	Mito Station South entrance, May 2012
General information
Location	1-1-1 Miyamachi, Mito-shi, Ibaraki-ken 310-0015; Japan
Coordinates	36°22′16″N 140°28′41″E / 36.3711°N 140.4780°E
Operator	JR East (manager); Kashima Rinkai Tetsudo; JR Freight;
Lines	■ Jōban Line; ■ Suigun Line; ■ Ōarai-Kashima Line;
Platforms	8 (4 island platforms)
Connections	Bus terminal;
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	16 January 1889; 137 years ago
Passengers
FY2019	29,172 (JR Lines) daily
Services
Seasonal services
Location
Location
	Mito Station Location within Ibaraki Prefecture Mito Station Location within Japan

Mito Station (水戸駅, Mito-eki) is a joint-use passenger railway station in the city of Mito, Ibaraki, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third sector Kashima Rinkai Railway.^[1] The station premises are managed by JR East.^[1]

Lines

Mito Station is served by the JR East Jōban Line and Suigun Line, and also by the Kashima Rinkai Railway's Ōarai-Kashima Line. It is located 115.3 km from the official starting point of the Jōban Line at Nippori Station and is a terminus of the Suigun Line and of the Ōarai-Kashima Line.

Station layout

The station consists of four island platforms serving eight tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office and a "View Plaza" travel agency.^[1]

Platforms

1/2	■ Suigun Line	for Kami-Sugaya, Hitachi-Ōta, Hitachi-Daigo, and Kōriyama
3/4	■ Jōban Line	for Katsuta, Hitachi, Takahagi, Iwaki, Haranomachi and Sendai
5/6	■ Jōban Line ( Ueno-Tokyo Line)	for Tomobe, Ishioka, Tsuchiura, Toride, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa
5/6	■ Mito Line	for Tomobe, Kasama, Shimodate, and Oyama
7	■ Jōban Line Limited Express ( Ueno-Tokyo Line)	for Tomobe, Ishioka, Tsuchiura, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa
8	■ Kashima Rinkai Tetsudo Ōarai-Kashima Line	for Ōarai, Shin-Hokota, and Kashima-Jingu

History

Mito station opened on the Mito Line on 16 January 1889.^[2] The Suigun Line opened on 16 November 1897. 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 July 1994.

The Kashima Rinkai Tetsudo Ōarai-Kashima Line opened on 14 March 1985.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR East portion of the station was used by an average of 29,172 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[3] In fiscal 2019, the Kashima Rinkai Railway portion of the station was used by an average of 2064 passengers daily.^[4]

The passenger figures (boarding passengers only) for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year	Daily average
1913	807^[2]
1960	27,589^[2]
1971	31,085^[2]
1984	31,976^[2]
2000	30,421^[5]
2005	29,216^[6]
2010	27,109^[7]
2015	29,767^[8]

Surrounding area

References

1 2 3 各駅情報（水戸駅） [Station Information (Mito Station)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
1 2 3 4 5 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 480. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
↑ 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.
↑ "統計年報平成30年版 14.運輸・通信". Mito City. December 26, 2019.
↑ 各駅の乗車人員（2000年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
↑ 各駅の乗車人員（2005年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
↑ 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 December 2016.

External links

Media related to Mito Station (Ibaraki) at Wikimedia Commons

Mito Station information (JR East) (in Japanese)
Kashima Rinkai Railway Station Information (in Japanese)

[jreast-1] 1 2 3 各駅情報（水戸駅） [Station Information (Mito Station)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 December 2012.

[jnr1985-2] 1 2 3 4 5 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 480. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.

[jreast2019stats-3] 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.

[Kashima_Rinkai-h30-4] "統計年報平成30年版 14.運輸・通信". Mito City. December 26, 2019.

[jreast2000stats-5] 各駅の乗車人員（2000年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 December 2012.

[jreast2005stats-6] 各駅の乗車人員（2005年度） [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 December 2012.

[jreast2010stats-7] 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 December 2012.

[jreast2015stats-8] 各駅の乗車人員 (2015年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 29 December 2016.

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