Tsuchiura Station
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is an East Japan Railway Company
(JR East) railway station
located in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki
, Japan
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and one island platform
serving three tracks.
East Japan Railway Company
is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo....
(JR East) railway station
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
located in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki
Tsuchiura, Ibaraki
is a city located in Ibaraki prefecture, in Japan. It is situated along the western shores of Lake Kasumigaura, the second largest lake in Japan. Tokyo city lies about 60 km to the south, and Tsukuba science city borders Tsuchiura to the west.-Demographics:...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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Station layout
The station consists of one side platformSide platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...
and one island platform
Island platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
serving three tracks.
History
- 4 November 1895: Tsuchiura Station opens.
- 17 April 1918: Tsukuba Railway Line opens from Tsuchiura Station to Iwase StationIwase Stationis a train station in Sakuragawa, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.- Adjacent stations :...
. - 26 October 1943: Three trains crash at Tsuchiura killing 110 people.
- 1 April 1987: Tsukuba Railway Line closes.