Akatsuka

Weekday departures: 90/day · Sat & holiday departures: 89/day

First / last train (weekday): 4:39 / 24:43

Busiest hour: 6:00–7:00 (8)

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Counts are departures in the timetable data shown on our live map.

• JR Joban Line: Mito (Ibaraki) ⇄ Uchihara

Akatsuka Station opened on 4 January 1894 as a Nippon Railway station; it was nationalised on 1 November 1906 and folded into the Jōban Line in 1909. From 24 October 1926 until 11 February 1971 it was the terminus of the Ibaraki Tramway (later Ibaraki Kōtsū Ibaraki Line) running north to Katsura. With JNR privatisation on 1 April 1987 the depot passed to JR East and JR Freight; freight services ended in 2005. The current elevated building, providing a north–south free passage, entered service between November 1999 and March 2000, and a train-direction-linked escalator was added on 20 October 2000.

When the new building opened in 2000, Akatsuka received a "train-linked" escalator whose direction reversed automatically to match the next train's arrival or departure.