Isohara Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 磯原駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 759 Isohara, Isohara-cho, Kitaibaraki-shi, Ibaraki-ken 319-1541 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR East |
Line: | Joban Line |
Distance: | 171.6 km from |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Status: | Staffed |
Passengers: | 1697 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Ibaraki Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Isohara Station |
is a passenger railway station in the city of Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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.
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.[1]
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.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1697 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]