Mikawashima Station
Mikawashima Station (三河島駅, Mikawashima-eki) is a railway station on the Jōban Line in Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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The station platform, April 2018
Lines
Mikawashima Station is served by the Jōban Line.
Station layout
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The station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks.
1 | JJ Jōban Line (Rapid) | for Nippori, Ueno JU Ueno-Tokyo Line for Tokyo and Shinagawa |
2 | JJ Jōban Line (Rapid) | for Kita-Senju, Kashiwa, Toride, Tsuchiura, Ishioka and Mito ■ Narita Line for Narita |
History
Mikawashima Station opened on 1 April 1905.
Accident
On 3 May 1962, there was a crash 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-bound passenger train (train number 2000H) crashed into the wreckage of a crash between a Toride-bound passenger train (2117H) and a Mito-bound freight train (number 287) as well as a crowd of evacuating passengers from 2117H.
Surrounding area
References
- ^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 103. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
External links
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- Mikawashima Station (JR East) (in Japanese)