Ishioka Station (石岡駅) is an elevated station in Ishioka, Ibaraki Prefecture. East Japan Railway Company runs it. It opened on 4 November 1895.
History
Ishioka Station opened on 4 November 1895 as a station on the Nippon Railway's Tsuchiura Line. On 1 November 1906, the Nippon Railway was nationalised and the station came under the state railway, later the Japanese National Railways. On 12 October 1909, a track naming decision made it a station on the Jōban Line (常磐線).
On 8 June 1924, a station of the Kashima Sanku Railway (鹿島参宮鉄道) opened here. On 15 November 1929, Emperor Shōwa rode a special train on his way to the Army's special grand maneuvers. The train made a round trip between Mito and Ishioka.
On 19 October 1946, Emperor Shōwa visited Ishioka on his tour after the war. A special train ran from Mito to Ishioka. On 1 June 1965, the Kashima Sanku Railway merged with the Jōsō Tsukuba Railway to form Kantetsu (関東鉄道), and the Kashima Sanku line became the Kantetsu Hokota Line. On 1 April 1978, a Midori no Madoguchi ticket window opened. On 1 April 1979, the Hokota Line was split off as the Kashima Railway (鹿島鉄道). On 15 November 1982, some Hitachi limited express trains began stopping here. On 1 February 1984, freight handling ended, except for wagon transfers with the Kashima Railway. On 1 April 1987, the national railway was split up and privatised, and the station became part of East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
On 21 December 1991, the station travel centre was renamed View Plaza. On 1 November 1995, automatic ticket gates opened. In August 2001, wagon transfers with the Kashima Railway ended. On 18 November 2001, Suica became usable here. On 1 February 2006, reserved seat ticket machines started. On 1 April 2007, the Kashima Railway line was abolished.
On 11 March 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake badly damaged the station. The rails were warped and the platforms were broken. Service resumed on 31 March 2011. From 2015, work began on the station building, the passageways and the area around the station. On 5 September 2015, part of the new elevated station building started use. On 18 February 2016, old Japanese military shells were found in the ground on the station site. A Self-Defense Forces ordnance disposal team came out, and Jōban Line trains between Tsuchiura and Tomobe were stopped for hours. On 30 March 2016, the elevated station building was completed. On 1 September 2016, the departure melody was changed.
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