Akatsuka Station (Ibaraki)

36°22′54″N 140°24′55″E / 36.3817°N 140.4153°E / 36.3817; 140.4153Operated by JR EastLine(s)■ Jōban LineDistance109.3 km from NipporiPlatforms1 side + 1 island platformOther informationStatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened4 January 1894PassengersFY20196354 daily Services

Preceding station	JR East			Following station
Tomobe towards Shinagawa		Tokiwa (limited service)		Mito towards Takahagi
Uchihara towards Shinagawa		Jōban Line Local-Futsuu		Mito towards Sendai
Uchihara towards Oyama		Mito Line		Mito Terminus

Seasonal services
Preceding station JR East Following station Tomobe towards Shinagawa Tokiwa (limited service) Kairakuen (limited service, seasonal) towards Takahagi Uchihara towards Shinagawa Jōban Line Local-Futsuu Kairakuen (seasonal) towards Sendai Uchihara towards Oyama Mito Line Kairakuen (seasonal) towards Mito

Location
Akatsuka Station Location within Ibaraki Prefecture Show map of Ibaraki Prefecture Akatsuka Station Akatsuka Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Akatsuka Station (赤塚駅, Akatsuka-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Akatsuka Station is served by the Jōban Line and the Mito Line, and is located 109.3 km from the official starting point of the Jōban Line at Nippori Station.

The station consists of one side platform and one island platform. The station building is elevated and above the platforms. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

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

Akatsuka Station was opened on 4 January 1894. The Ibaraki Kotsu Ibaraki Line operated from this station from 1926 to 1971. 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 1999.

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 6354 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

• Akatsuka Post Office
• Ibaraki Prefectural Building

• List of railway stations in Japan

Media related to Akatsuka Station (Ibaraki) at Wikimedia Commons

• Station information JR East Station Information (in Japanese)