is a railway station on the
Jōban Line
The Jōban Line ( ja, 常磐線, ) is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The line officially begins at Nippori Station in Arakawa, Tokyo before the line officially ends at Iwanuma Station in Iwanuma, ...
in
Arakawa, Tokyo
is a special ward located in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. The ward takes its name from the river, the Arakawa, though the Arakawa River does not run through or touch the ward. Its neighbors are the wards of Adachi, Kita, Bunkyo, Taito and Sumi ...
, Japan, 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
Mikawashima Station is served by the
Jōban Line
The Jōban Line ( ja, 常磐線, ) is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The line officially begins at Nippori Station in Arakawa, Tokyo before the line officially ends at Iwanuma Station in Iwanuma, ...
.
Station layout
The station consists of a single
island platform
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serving two tracks.
History
Mikawashima Station opened on 1 April 1905.
Accident
On 3 May 1962, there was a
crash
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Common meanings
* Collision, an impact between two or more objects
* Crash (computing), a condition where a program ceases to respond
* Cardiac arrest, a medical condition in which the heart stops beating
* Couch su ...
between a freight train and two passenger trains which resulted in 160 deaths and 296 injuries. The crash occurred about 350 meters east of Mikawashima Station when an
Ueno
is a district in Tokyo's Taitō Ward, best known as the home of Ueno Park. Ueno is also home to some of Tokyo's finest cultural sites, including the Tokyo National Museum, the National Museum of Western Art, and the National Museum of Na ...
-bound passenger train (train number 2000H) crashed into the wreckage of a crash between a
Toride
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is a Cities of Japan, city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 104,329 in 44,755 households and a population density of 1492 persons per km². The p ...
-bound passenger train (2117H) and a
Mito
Mito may refer to:
Places
*Mito, Ibaraki, capital city of Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
*Mito, Aichi, a Japanese town
*Mito, Shimane, a Japanese town
* Mitō, Yamaguchi, a Japanese town
* Mito District, a district in the province of Concepción, Per ...
-bound freight train (number 287) as well as a crowd of evacuating passengers from 2117H.
Surrounding area
*
Shim-Mikawashima Station
is a railway station on the Keisei Main Line in Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keisei Electric Railway.
Lines
Shim-Mikawashima Station is served by the Keisei Main Line, and is located 3.4 km from the starti ...
(
Keisei Main Line
{{Infobox rail line
, name = Keisei Main Line
, native_name = 京成本線
, native_name_lang = ja
, color = 005aaa
, logo = {{KSLS, KS, 50
, logo_width =
, image = Keisei-Series3000-3042.jpg
, image_width = 3 ...
)
References
External links
Mikawashima Station(JR East)
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Railway stations in Tokyo
Jōban Line
Arakawa, Tokyo
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1905