Hitachi-Ōta Station
Hitachi-Ōta Station (常陸太田駅, Hitachi-Ōta-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Hitachiōta, Ibaraki Prefecture, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Hitachi-Ōta Station 常陸太田駅 | |||||||||||
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 Hitachi-Ōta Station in September 2011 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Yamashita-cho 1043, Hitachiōta-shi, Ibaraki-ken 313-0013 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36.5318°N 140.5270°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg.png.webp){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Suigun Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 9.5 km from Kami-Sugaya | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | April 1, 1899 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Ōta (until 1927) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2019 | 1153 daily | ||||||||||
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  Hitachi-Ōta Station Location within Ibaraki Prefecture  Hitachi-Ōta Station Hitachi-Ōta Station (Japan) | |||||||||||
Lines
Hitachi-Ōta Station is a terminus of the Hitachi-Ōta Branch Line of the Suigun Line, and is 9.5 kilometres from the start of the branch line at Kami-Sugaya Station.
Station layout
The station consists of a single dead-headed side platform. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.
History
Hitachi-Ōta Station opened on April 1, 1899 as Ōta Station (太田駅) on the Ota Railway. The Ota Railway merged with the Mito Railway on October 21, 1901 and was nationalized on December 1, 1927, and the station was renamed to its present name at that time. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in April 2011.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1153 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Bus routes
- Ibaraki Kotsu
- For Satokawa-iriguchi[2]
Surrounding area
National Route 293
National Route 349- Hitachiōta Post Office
See also
References
- 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- Ten minute's walk brings from this bus stop to Ōnukari Myōjin on Japan National Route 349 for 800m. Transferring onto Fukushima Transportation which runs from Ōnukari bus stop enables you to go to Higashidate Station.
External links
Media related to Hitachi-Ōta Station at Wikimedia Commons
- JR East Station information (in Japanese)