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
Hitachi-Ōta Station in September 2011
LocationYamashita-cho 1043, Hitachiōta-shi, Ibaraki-ken 313-0013
Japan
Coordinates36.5318°N 140.5270°E / 36.5318; 140.5270
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Suigun Line
Distance9.5 km from Kami-Sugaya
Platforms1 side platform
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedApril 1, 1899
Previous namesŌta (until 1927)
Passengers
FY20191153 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Yagawara
toward Mito
 Suigun Line
Hitachi-Ōta Branch
 Terminus
Location
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]

Surrounding area

See also

References
  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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