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Toride Station is a railway station on the Jōban Line in Toride, Ibaraki, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is also shared by the private railway operator Kanto Railway.LinesToride Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 37.4 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station. It is a terminus of the 51.1 km Jōsō Line of the Kantō RailwayHistoryThe 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.A 27-year-old Japanese man was arrested after stabbing 14 people outside of the west entrance of Toride Station on the morning of 17 December 2010. The suspect was alleged to have boarded a bus where he stabbed mostly high school and middle school students, before being subdued. None of the victims were seriously injured.Surrounding areaformer Toride-shukuToride Velodrome