Arakawaoki Station

Arakawaoki Station (荒川沖駅, Arakawaoki-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Its is pronounced Arakawa-oki-eki.

Arakawaoki Station

荒川沖駅
Arakawaoki Station, August 2008
LocationArakawaoki Higashi 2-1-6, Tsuchiura, Ibaraki
（茨城県土浦市荒川沖東二丁目1-6）
Japan
Operated byJR East
Line(s)Jōban Line,
History
Opened1896
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013)8084 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Hitachino-Ushiku
(limited service)
toward Shinagawa
 Tokiwa
(limited service)
 Tsuchiura
toward Takahagi
Hitachino-Ushiku
toward Shinagawa
 Jōban Line
     Special Rapid
 Tsuchiura
Terminus
Jōban Line
Local-Futsuu
 Tsuchiura
toward Sendai

Lines

Arakawaoki Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 57.2 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station.

Station layout

Arakawaoki Station is an elevated station with two opposed side platforms. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.

Platforms
1 ■ Jōban Line for Tsuchiura, Ishioka, Mito, Takahagi and Iwaki
2 ■ Jōban Line
(JU Ueno-Tokyo Line)		 for Toride, Kashiwa, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa

History

Arakawaoki Station opened on 25 December 1896.[1] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. On 23 March 2008, one person was killed and seven people injured when a man (Masahiro Kanagawa, aged 24) went on a stabbing spree with two knives in the passageway linking the station to the nearby shopping street.[2]

Surrounding area
  • former Arakawaoki-shuku
  • Tsuchiura-Arakawaoki Post Office
  • JGSDF Camp Kasumigaura

References
  1. 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 103. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
  2. "Suspect in stabbing spree sought death sentence". The Asahi Shimbun. Japan: The Asahi Shimbun Company. 14 April 2008. Archived from the original on 15 April 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2013.

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