Ibaraki Station
# Ibaraki Station

Ibaraki Station (茨木駅, Ibaraki-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

## Lines

Ibaraki Station is served by the JR Kyōto Line (Tōkaidō Main Line), and is 28.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Kyoto and 541.8 kilometers from the terminus at Tokyo.

## Start Layout

The station has two island platforms serving four tracks, connected by an elevated station building. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

### Platforms

| 1 | ■ JR Kyoto Line | part of rapid services for Shin-Osaka, Osaka and Sannomiya in the morning |
| - | - | - |
| 2 | ■ JR Kyoto Line | for Shin-Osaka, Osaka and Sannomiya |
| 3 | ■ JR Kyoto Line | for Takatsuki and Kyoto |
| 4 | ■ JR Kyoto Line | part of rapid services for Takatsuki and Kyoto on weekday mornings |

## Adjacent stations

| « | « | Service | » | » |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Tōkaidō Main Line passenger tracks (JR Kyoto Line) |||||
| JR-Sōjiji | | Local | | Senrioka |
| Takatsuki | | Rapid Service | | Shin-Ōsaka |
| Special Rapid Service: Does not stop at this station |||||
| Limited Express "Thunderbird": Does not stop at this station |||||
| Limited Express "Super Hakuto": Does not stop at this station |||||
| Limited Express "Hida": Does not stop at this station |||||
| Limited Express "Kuroshio": Does not stop at this station |||||
| Kansai Airport Limited Express "Haruka": Does not stop at this station |||||
| Tōkaidō Main Line freight tracks (no passenger trains stop, route for limited express trains "Haruka") |||||
| Terminus | Terminus | - | Suita Signal Box | Suita Signal Box |

## History

Ibaraki Station opened on 9 August 1876.

Station numbering was introduced to the station in March 2018 with Ibaraki being assigned station number JR-A41.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 48,243 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

## Surrounding area

* Ibaraki City Kasugaoka Elementary School
* Ibaraki Municipal Hozumi Elementary School
* Ritsumeikan University Osaka Ibaraki Campus (Building B and Iwakura Park)
* Ibaraki City Hall
* Ibaraki Municipal Yosei Junior High School
* Ibaraki Shrinel
