Tsuchiura Station

Tsuchiura Station 土浦駅
File:Tsuchiura-station-2006-1.JPG Tsuchiura Station, January 2006
Location	Ariake-cho 1-30, Tsuchiura, Ibaraki （茨城県土浦市有明町1-30） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Jōban Line,
History
Opened	1895
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013)	16,236 daily

Tsuchiura Station (土浦駅, Tsuchiura eki)} is a JR East railway station located in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Tsuchiura Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 63.8 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station.

Station layout

Tsuchiura 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 Tomobe, Mito, Takahagi, and Iwaki
2/3	■ Jōban Line	for Toride, Kashiwa, and Ueno

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Joban Line
Rapid: no stop
Arakawaoki			Kandatsu

History

Tsuchiura Station opened on 4 November 1895. The Tsukuba Railway Line operated from this station from 1 April 1987. On 26 October 1943, three trains crashed at Tsuchiura killing 110 people. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.

Surrounding area

• Tsuchiura City Hall
• Tsuchiura Post Office
• Port of Tsuchiura
• Kasumigaura

External links

• Station information JR East Station Information (Japanese)