Mikawashima Station
Railway station in Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan
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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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| Location | 1 Nishinippori, Arakawa, Tokyo （東京都荒川区西日暮里1丁目） Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by | JR East | ||||||||||||||
| Line |  Jōban Line (Rapid) | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1905 | ||||||||||||||
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Lines
Mikawashima Station is served by the Jōban Line.
Station layout
The station consists of a single island platform serving two tracks.
| 1 | Jōban Line (Rapid) |
for Nippori, Ueno Ueno-Tokyo Line for Tokyo and Shinagawa
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| 2 | Jōban Line (Rapid) |
for Kita-Senju, Kashiwa, Toride, Tsuchiura, Ishioka and Mito ■ Narita Line for Narita |
History
Mikawashima Station opened on 1 April 1905.[1]
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.
