Isohara Station

{{short description|Railway station in Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Isohara Station

| style = JR East

| native_name = 磯原駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| type =

| image = JREast-Isohara-station-east-side.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Isohara Station in May 2008

| other_name =

| address = 759 Isohara, Isohara-cho, Kitaibaraki-shi, Ibaraki-ken 319-1541

| country = Japan

| coordinates = {{Coord|36.7907|N|140.7458|E|type:railwaystation_region:JP|display=inline, title}}

| operator = 20px JR East

| line = {{Colorbull|MediumBlue}} Joban Line

| distance = 171.6 km from {{STN|Nippori|x}}

| platforms = 2 side platforms

| tracks =

| connections =

| structure =

| code =

| status = Staffed

| website = {{Official website|1=http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/station/info.aspx?StationCd=129}}

| opened = {{start date and age|1897|02|25|df=y}}

| closed =

| former =

| passengers = 1697 daily

| pass_year = FY2019

| map_type = Japan Ibaraki Prefecture#Japan

| map_dot_label = Isohara Station

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=JR East

|line2=Joban|left2=Minami-Nakagō|right2=Ōtsukō|note-mid2=Local-Futsuu}}

}}

{{Nihongo| Isohara Station|磯原駅|Isohara-eki}} is a passenger railway station in the city of Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Isohara Station is served by the Joban Line, and is located 171.6 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station.

Station layout

The station consists of two elevated opposed side platforms. The station building is elevated to the level of the platforms; however, connection between the platforms is made an overhead walkway. The station is staffed. Nanatsu no Ko is used as the departure melody.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhZ9dYzAJbI 7.11.2009

=Platforms=

{{jpfm|pfn=1|first=2|span=2|name= Joban Line|col= mediumblue |dir= for {{STN|Takahagi|x}}, {{STN|Hitachi|x}}, {{STN|Katsuta|x}}, {{STN|Mito|x|Ibaraki}}, {{STN|Tomobe|x}}, {{STN|Ishioka|x}} and {{STN|Tsuchiura|x}}}}

{{jpfm|name=Jōban Line (Limited Express)|col= mediumblue |dir= for {{STN|Takahagi|x}}, {{STN|Mito|x|Ibaraki}}, {{STN|Ueno|x}}, {{STN|Tokyo|x}} and {{STN|Shinagawa|x}}}}

{{jpfm|pfn=2|span=2|name= Jōban Line|col=mediumblue|dir= for {{STN|Iwaki|x|Fukushima}}, {{STN|Tomioka|x}}, {{STN|Namie|x}} and {{STN|Haranomachi|x}}}}

{{jpfm|name=Jōban Line (Limited Express)|first=3|col= mediumblue |dir= for Iwaki and {{STN|Sendai|x|Miyagi}}}}

History

Isohara Station was opened on 25 February 1897. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. It was rebuilt as an elevated station building in October 1997.{{Citation needed|date=January 2017}}

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1697 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).{{cite web|url= http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2019_06.html|script-title=ja:各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度)|trans-title=Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)|year= 2020|publisher= East Japan Railway Company|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 11 August 2020}}