Arakawaoki Station

Arakawaoki Station (荒川沖駅) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines
Arakawaoki Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 57.2 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station.

Station layout
The station is an elevated station with two opposed side platforms. It has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

History
Arakawaoki Station opened on 25 December 1896. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. On 23 March 2008, one person was killed and seven people injured when a man (Masahiro Kanagawa, aged 24) went on a stabbing spree with two knives in the passageway linking the station to the nearby shopping street.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 8158 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area
The surrounding area is a residential suburb.