Tōkai Station

Tōkai Station 東海駅
File:JREast-Tokai-station-platform.jpg Tōkai Station, August 2006
Location	Funaishikawaekinishi 1-1-1, Tōkai, Ibaraki （茨城県那珂郡東海村舟石川駅西一丁目1-1） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Jōban Line
History
Opened	1898
Previous names	Ishigami (until 1957)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013)	4,615 daily

Tōkai Station (東海駅, Tōkai-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Tōkai, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Tōkai Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 130.0 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station.

Station layout

Tōkai Station has one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by an overhead passageway. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Jōban Line	for Hitachi, Takahagi, and Iwaki
2	■ Jōban Line	for Mito, Tsuchiura and Ueno
2	■ Jōban Line	for Mito, Tsuchiura, and Ueno

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Joban Line
Rapid: no stop
Sawa		Local		Ōmika

History

Tōkai Station was opened on 1 April 1898 as Ishigami Station (石神駅). The station was renamed to its present name on 1 April 1957. 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.

Surrounding area

• Tōkai Village Hall
• Tōkai Post Office

External links

• Station information JR East Station Information (Japanese)