is a passenger

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in the town of

Daigo Daigo may refer to: Buddhism *Daigo (Zen) (大悟), a Buddhist term meaning ''great enlightenment'' or ''great realization'' *Daigo (Shōbōgenzō) (大悟), or ''Great Realization'', a book in Eihei Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō *Daigo Temple (醍醐寺 ...

, Kuji District,

Ibaraki Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Ibaraki Prefecture has a population of 2,871,199 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Ibaraki Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to the north, ...

, operated by

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...

(JR East).

Lines

Fukuroda Station is served by the Suigun Line, and is located 51.8 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Mito Station.

Station layout

The station consists of a single

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

serving traffic in both directions. The station originally was built with two opposed side platforms, and the ruins of the unused platform are still in situ. The station is staffed.

History

Fukuroda Station opened on March 3, 1927. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the

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of the

Japanese National Railways The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...

(JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 59 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

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Fukuroda Falls is a waterfall located in the town of Daigo, Ibaraki Prefecture Japan. It is a nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty. and is one of "Japan’s Top 100 Waterfalls", per a listing published by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment in 1 ...

* Daigo-Fukuroda Post Office * Kujigawa River

References

External links

JR East Station information
Railway stations in Ibaraki Prefecture Suigun Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1927 Daigo, Ibaraki {{Ibaraki-railstation-stub