title: Urizura Station
text: # Urizura Station
  
  Urizura Station (瓜連駅, Urizura-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Naka, Ibaraki, Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Urizura Station is served by the Suigun Line, and is located 16.7 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Mito Station.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  The station consists of a single island platform. The station building is elevated and located on a cantilever pedestrian overpass connecting the platform with the road. The station is staffed.
  
  ### Platforms
  
  | 1 | ■ Suigun Line | for Hitachi-Ōta and Kōriyama |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2 | ■ Suigun Line | for Mito |
  
  ## History
  
  Urizura Station opened on June 12, 1918 as a station on the Mito Railway which was nationalized on December 1, 1927. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 261 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * National Route 118
  * former Urizura Town Hall
  * Urizura Post Office
  