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Tomobe Station

Coordinates: 36°21′02″N 140°18′21″E / 36.3506°N 140.3057°E

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Tomobe Station

友部駅

Joban Line Tomobe Station platform

General information

Location

Tomobe-ekimae 1-24, Kasama-shi, Ibaraki-ken 309-1735
Japan

Coordinates

36°21′02″N 140°18′21″E / 36.3506°N 140.3057°E

Operated by

Line(s)

■ Jōban Line
■ Mito Line

Distance

98.9 km from Nippori

Platforms

1 side + 2 island platforms

Other information

Status

Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)

Website

Official website

History

Opened

1 January 1895

Passengers

FY2019

3531 daily

Services

Preceding station		Following station
Ishioka towards Shinagawa	Tokiwa	Akatsuka (limited service) towards Takahagi
Iwama towards Shinagawa	Jōban Line Local-Futsu	Uchihara towards Sendai
Shishido towards Oyama	Mito Line	Uchihara towards Mito

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

Tomobe Station (友部駅, Tomobe-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kasama, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).

Lines

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Tomobe Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 98.8 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station. It is also the official terminus of the 50.2 km Mito Line.

Station layout

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The station consists of one side platform and two island platforms, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office. All the "Tokiwa" trains on the Jōban Line stop at this station. Except during the day, Mito line trains operate directly to Mito/ Katsuta on the Jōban line. During the daytime, two regular trains and one limited express train stop every hour, making it possible to access Tokyo and Shinagawa without having to transfer.

Platforms

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

History

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Tomobe Station was opened on 1 January 1895. 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 2007.

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 3531 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area

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Kasama City Hall
Tomobe Post Office
Ibaraki Central Hospital

References

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^ 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

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Media related to Tomobe Station at Wikimedia Commons

Station information JR East Station Information (in Japanese)

v t e Stations of the Jōban Line
(Shinagawa Shimbashi Tokyo via Ueno-Tokyo Line<<) Ueno Nippori Mikawashima Minami-Senju Kita-Senju Matsudo Kashiwa Abiko Tennōdai Toride Fujishiro Ryūgasakishi Ushiku Hitachino-Ushiku Arakawaoki Tsuchiura Kandatsu Takahama Ishioka Hatori Iwama Tomobe Uchihara Akatsuka Kairakuen Mito Katsuta Sawa Tōkai Ōmika Hitachi-Taga Hitachi Ogitsu Jūō Takahagi Minami-Nakagō Isohara Ōtsukō Nakoso Ueda Izumi Yumoto Uchigō Iwaki Kusano Yotsukura Hisanohama Suetsugi Hirono J-Village Kido Tatsuta Tomioka Yonomori Ōno Futaba Namie Momouchi Odaka Iwaki-Ōta Haranomachi Kashima Nittaki Sōma Komagamine Shinchi Sakamoto Yamashita Hamayoshida Watari Ōkuma Iwanuma (Tatekoshi Natori Minami-Sendai Taishidō Nagamachi Sendai via Tōhoku Main Line) Freight Line Tabata Mikawashima Minami-Senju Stations served only by the Chiyoda Line through service local trains between Kita-Senju and Abiko are omitted.		JJ

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Lines

Station layout

Platforms

History

Passenger statistics

Surrounding area

See also

References

External links