Hitachi Station
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Hitachi Station 日立駅 | ||||||||||||||
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| Hitachi Station, February 2012 | ||||||||||||||
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| Location | Saiwai-cho 1-1-1, Hitachi-shi, Ibaraki-ken 317-0073 Japan | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°35′25′′N 140°39′42′′E / 36.5902°N 140.6616°E / 36.5902; 140.6616 | |||||||||||||
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| Line(s) | ■しかく Jōban Line | |||||||||||||
| Distance | 146.9 km from Nippori | |||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform | |||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi ) | |||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||
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| Opened | 25 February 1897; 128 years ago (1897年02月25日) | |||||||||||||
| Previous names | Sukagawa (until 1939) | |||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||
| FY2019 | 10,789 daily | |||||||||||||
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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).
Lines
[edit ]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
[edit ]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
[edit ](JU Ueno-Tokyo Line) for Katsuta, Mito, Tomobe, Ishioka, Tsuchiura, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa
History
[edit ]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
[edit ]In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 10,789 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
[edit ]- Hitachi City Hall
- Hitachi Post Office
- Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ 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.
External links
[edit ]Media related to Hitachi Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Station information JR East Station Information (in Japanese)
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