JJ10JL32 Toride Station 取手駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Toride Station west entrance, June 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 2 Chūō-chō, Toride-shi, Ibaraki-ken 302-0014 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°53′47″N140°03′47″E / 35.896451°N 140.063123°E /35.896451; 140.063123 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 51.1 km fromNippori | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 island platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 25 December 1896; 129 years ago (1896-12-25)6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 27,277 daily (JR FY2019); 11,506 (Kanto, FY2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Toride Station (取手駅,Toride-eki) is a passengerrailway station located in the city ofToride,Ibaraki Prefecture,Japan operated by theEast Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is also shared by theprivate railway operatorKantō Railway.
Toride Station is served by theJōban Line, and is located 37.4 km (23.2 mi) from the official starting point of the line atNippori Station. It is aterminus of the 51.1 km (31.8 mi)Jōsō Line of theKantō Railway.
The JR East portion of the station has three elevatedisland platforms serving six tracks. The station has aMidori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. The Kantō Railway portion of the station has a single ground level island platform.
| 1/2 | JL Jōban Line (Local) | forAbiko,Kashiwa,Matsudo andAyase CTokyo Metro Chiyoda Line forKita-senju,Nishi-nippori andYoyogi-uehara |
| 3/4 | JJ Jōban Line (Rapid) | forKashiwa,Matsudo, andUeno JUUeno-Tokyo Line forTokyo andShinagawa |
| 5 | JJ Jōban Line (Rapid) | for Kashiwa, Matsudo, and Ueno JU Ueno-Tokyo Line for Tokyo and Shinagawa |
| ■ Jōban Line | forTsuchiura,Ishioka,Mito,Takahagi, andIwaki | |
| 6 | ■ Jōban Line | for Tsuchiura, Ishioka, Mito, Takahagi, and Iwaki |
| 7/8 | ■ Jōsō Line | forMoriya,Mitsukaido, andShimodate |
The station opened on 25 December 1896.[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon theprivatization of theJapanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.
A 27-year-old Japanese man was arrested after stabbing 14 people outside of the west entrance of Toride Station on the morning of 17 December 2010. The suspect was alleged to have boarded a bus where he stabbed mostly high school and middle school students, before being subdued. None of the victims were seriously injured.[2][3][4]
In fiscal 2019, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 27,277 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[5] In fiscal 2018, the Kanto Railway portion of the station was used by an average of 11,506 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[6]
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