Jūō Station (十王駅, Jūō-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Jūō Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 156.6 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station.

Station layout

The station has consists of one elevated island platform connected to the station building by an underground passageway. It is staffed.

Platforms

1 ■ Joban Line
(JU Ueno-Tokyo Line) 		for Hitachi, Katsuta, Mito, Tomobe, Ishioka, Tsuchiura, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa
■ Mito Line for Hitachi, Katsuta, Mito, Tomobe, Kasama, Shimodate and Oyama
2 ■ Jōban Line for Takahagi, Isohara, Iwaki, Tomioka and Haranomachi

History

Jūō Station was opened on 25 February 1897 as Kawajiri Station (川尻駅). The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. It was renamed to its present name on 13 March 2004.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2957 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

  • Jūō Post Office

See also

References

  1. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

External links

Media related to Jūō Station at Wikimedia Commons