Tōkai Station

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

Tōkai Station

東海駅
Tōkai Station, August 2006
LocationFunaishikawaekinishi 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 byJR East
Line(s)Jōban Line
History
Opened1898
Previous namesIshigami (until 1957)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013)4,615 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Katsuta
toward Shinagawa
 Hitachi
(limited service)
 Ōmika
(limited service)
toward Sendai
Tokiwa Ōmika
toward Takahagi
Sawa
toward Shinagawa
 Jōban Line
Local-Futsuu
 Ōmika
toward Sendai

Lines

Tōkai Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 130 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
1,2 ■ Jōban Line for Hitachi, Takahagi, Isohara, Iwaki and Haranomachi
2,3 ■ Joban Line
(JU Ueno-Tokyo Line)		 for Katsuta, Mito, Tomobe, Ishioka, Tsuchiura, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa
■ Mito Line for Mito, Tomobe, Kasama, Shimodate, and Oyama

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


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