Operated by JR East
Kantō Railway Passengers (FY2014) 27,410 (JR) daily Opened 1896 | Line(s) Jōban Line
Jōsō Line Address Japan | |
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Location Chuo-cho, Toride, Ibaraki
（茨城県取手市中央町）
Japan Similar Fujishiro Station, Abiko Station, Moriya Station, Tennōdai Station, Tsuchiura Station | ||
Toride Station (取手駅, Toride-eki) is a railway station on the Jōban Line in Toride, Ibaraki, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is also shared by the private railway operator Kanto Railway.
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Toride station
Lines
Toride Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 37.4 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station. It is a terminus of the 51.1 km Jōsō Line of the Kantō Railway
Station layout
The JR East portion of Toride station has three elevated island platforms serving six tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office. The Kanto Railway portion of the station has a single ground level island platform.
History
The station opened on 25 December 1896. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.
A 27-year-old Japanese man was arrested after stabbing 14 people outside of the west entrance of Toride Station on the morning of 17 December 2010. The suspect was alleged to have boarded a bus where he stabbed mostly high school and middle school students, before being subdued. None of the victims were seriously injured.