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Hitachi Station

Hitachi Station

Railway station in Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

Hitachi Station (日立駅, Hitachi-eki) is a railway station located in the city of Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).

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Lines

Hitachi Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 146.9 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station.

Station layout

The station is an elevated station with one side platform and one island platform. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1,2 ■ Jōban Line for Takahagi, Isohara, Iwaki, Tomioka, Namie, Haranomachi, Soma and Sendai
2,3 ■ Joban Line
(JU Ueno-Tokyo Line)		 for Katsuta, Mito, Tomobe, Ishioka, Tsuchiura, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa
■ Mito Line for Katsuta, Mito, Tomobe, Kasama, Shimodate, and Oyama

History

Hitachi Station was opened on 25 February 1897 as Sukegawa Station (助川駅) . It was renamed to its present name on 20 October 1939. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. The current station building was completed in April 2012.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 10,789 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. [1]
    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.

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