Akatsuka Station (Ibaraki)
# Akatsuka Station (Ibaraki)

Akatsuka Station (赤塚駅, Akatsuka-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

## Lines

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.

## Station layout

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.

### Platforms

| 1 | ■ Jōban Line | for Mito, Katsuta, Hitachi, Takahagi and Iwaki |
| - | - | - |
| 2 | ■ Jōban Line (JU Ueno-Tokyo Line) | for Tomobe, Ishioka, Tsuchiura, Toride, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa |
| 3 | ■ Jōban Line (JU Ueno-Tokyo Line) | for Tomobe, Ishioka, Tsuchiura, Toride, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa |
| 3 | ■ Mito Line | for Tomobe, Kasama, Shimodate and Oyama |

## History

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.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 6354 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

## Surrounding area

* Akatsuka Post Office
* Ibaraki Prefectural Building
