Ōarai Station

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	Ōarai Station Location within Ibaraki Prefecture Ōarai Station Ōarai Station (Japan)

Ōarai Station

大洗駅
Ōarai Station; 大洗駅
	View of the station entrance in March 2021
General information
Location	Sakiuramichi 301, Ōarai-machi, Higashiibaraki-gun, Ibaraki-ken 311-1307; Japan
Coordinates	36.3152°N 140.5629°E
Operated by	Kashima Rinkai Tetsudo
Line(s)	■ Ōarai-Kashima Line
Distance	11.6 km from Mito Station
Platforms	3 (1 island platform, 1 side platform)
Connections	Bus terminal;
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	14 March 1985
Passengers
FY2015	2166 daily
Services
Location
Location
	Ōarai Station Location within Ibaraki Prefecture Ōarai Station Ōarai Station (Japan)

Ōarai Station (大洗駅, Ōarai-eki) is a passenger railway station in the town of Ōarai, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan operated by the third sector Kashima Rinkai Railway.

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Ōarai Station is served by the Kashima Rinkai Railway Ōarai Kashima Line from Mito to Kashima Soccer Stadium. Located between Tsunezumi and Hinuma Stations, it is 11.6 km from the line's terminus at Mito.^[1]

The station consists of one side platform and one island platform, serving a total of three tracks. The station is staffed.

1	■ Ōarai Kashima Line	for Kashimajingū
2, 3	■ Ōarai Kashima Line	for Shin-Hokota and Mito

The station opened on 14 March 1985 with the opening of the Ōarai Kashima Line.^[1]

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 2166 passengers daily.^[2]

[1]
Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 190. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
[2]
国土数値情報(駅別乗降客数データ) - 国土交通省、3 July 2019
[3]
Aqua World access information.. Retrieved 9 October 2012. (in Japanese)

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