Toride Station

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title: "Toride Station" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["railway-stations-in-ibaraki-prefecture", "jōban-line", "railway-stations-in-japan-opened-in-1896", "toride,-ibaraki"] description: "Railway station in Toride, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan" topic_path: "geography/japan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toride_Station" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Railway station in Toride, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox station"]

Field	Value
name
Toride Station
native_name	取手駅
native_name_lang	ja
image	Toride-Sta-West.JPG
caption	Toride Station west entrance, June 2010
address	2 Chūō-chō, Toride-shi, Ibaraki-ken 302-0014
country	Japan
coordinates
operator	{{Plainlist
line	{{Plainlist
distance	51.1 km from
platforms	4 island platforms
status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
website
opened	6
passengers	27,277 daily (JR FY2019);
11,506 (Kanto, FY2018)
map_type	Japan Ibaraki Prefecture#Japan
map_dot_label	Toride Station
services	{{Adjacent stations
line2	Joban
line4	Joban
line3	Joban Rapid
line6	Joban Local
(limited service)	note-mid6=Local-Kankō
(limited service)
system7	Kanto
Local}}
::

| name =
Toride Station | native_name = 取手駅 | native_name_lang = ja | type = | image = Toride-Sta-West.JPG | alt = | caption = Toride Station west entrance, June 2010 | other_name = | address = 2 Chūō-chō, Toride-shi, Ibaraki-ken 302-0014 | country = Japan | coordinates = | operator = {{Plainlist|

• [[File:JR logo (east).svg|20px]] JR East
• Kantō Railway | line = {{Plainlist|
• Jōban Line
• Jōsō Line | distance = 51.1 km from | platforms = 4 island platforms | connections = | structure = | code = | status = Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi ) | website = | opened = 6 | closed = | former = | passengers = 27,277 daily (JR FY2019); 11,506 (Kanto, FY2018) | pass_year = | map_type = Japan Ibaraki Prefecture#Japan | map_dot_label = Toride Station | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=JR East |line2=Joban|left2=Kashiwa|right2=Fujishiro|note-left2=|note-mid2=|type2=Special Rapid |line4=Joban|left4=Tennōdai|right4=Fujishiro|note-left4=|note-mid4=Local-Futsuu |line3=Joban Rapid|left3=Tennōdai|note-left3=|note-mid3=Rapid |line6=Joban Local|left6=Tennōdai|note-left6= (limited service)|note-mid6=Local-Kankō (limited service) |system7=Kanto|line7=Joso|right7=Nishi-Toride|note-mid7=Rapid Local}} Toride Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Toride, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is also shared by the private railway operator Kantō Railway.

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

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/JR_Toride_sta_001.jpg" caption="Toride Station east entrance, June 2009"] ::

The JR East portion of the station has three elevated island platforms serving six tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. The Kantō Railway portion of the station has a single ground level island platform.

Platforms

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.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 27,277 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). In fiscal 2018, the Kanto Railway portion of the station was used by an average of 11,506 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

• former Toride-shuku
• Toride Velodrome

References

References

1. "JR East Toride Station information". East Japan Railway Company.
2. (2010-12-16). "Japan knife attacker injures at least 13 people". BBC News.
3. link. Asahi Shimbun. (2010-12-17)
4. (2010-12-17). "14 hurt in Ibaraki Pref. knife attack". Yomiuri Shimbun.
5. link. (2020). East Japan Railway Company
6. link. (2020). Toride City

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