Hokota Station
Hokota Station is in 2457-2, Hokota Hokota, Ibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, it used to belong to Kashima Railway. And now the station is used as a bus terminal by Kantetsu Green Bus,
Hokota Station 鉾田駅 | |
|---|---|
 Hokota Station and a bus of Kanto Railway（20 January 2007） | |
| Location | 2457-2, Hokota Hokota, Ibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture Japan |
| Operated by | Kashima Railway |
| Line(s) | Kashima Railway |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1929 |
| Closed | 2007 |
Hokota Station (鉾田駅, Hokota-eki) was a railway station on the Kashima Railway Line in Hokota, Ibaraki, Japan, operated by the Kashima Railway operator Kashima Railway.
In 2000, the station was selected「関東の駅百選」by Ministry of Transport (Japan)（Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism）. But the station abolished in 2007 because Kashima Railway abolished, and at present there is platform on the station.
After the station abolished, bus terminal in front of the station has been used by Kantetsu Green Bus, and bus terminal calls itself Hokota Station since Kashima Railway had run.
Outline
Ground station and decorated a triangle of objet d'art on the roof. And there were stand-up soba noodle shop and sold fish-shaped pancale filled with sweet bean paste shop operated by Kashima Railway.
As the station was selected「関東の駅100選」, there was a plan of keeping the station building, but the station building was demolished since the station building was rather getting decrepit. Volunteers have established「鉾田駅保存会」since 1 February 2008 and they tenanted the former site of the station and have purchased two vehicles of Kashima Railway from Kanto Railway. So, they ran and showed the vehicles once a month. But they expired with Kanto Railway, so they moved the vehicles from there to Hotpark Hokota（a facility for bathing） in 2009. And they have donated the vehicles to Hokota, Ibaraki, but the vehicles have been maintained by their. Shop for sold fish-shaped pancale filled with sweet bean paste had moved bus terminal, but in 2011, the platform has been damaged due to Great East Japan Earthquake and the platform wasn't repaired, and the shop closed and removed on August in the year.
Surrounding area
- Shin-Hokota Station
- Kantetsu Green Bus Hokota office
Buses[1]
| Name | Via | Destination | Company | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kashitetsu Bus | Tamatsukuri Station[2]・Ogawa Station[3] ・Shikamura Station | Ishioka Station | Kantetsu Green Bus | |
| Takahama Line | Kamiyama・Kamiyozawa・Ogawa Station・Takahama Station | Ishioka Station | ||
| Ishioka Shako[4] | ||||
| Ōwada・Kamiyozawa・Ogawa Station・Takahama Station | Ishioka Station | |||
| Ōwada・Kamiyozawa・Ogawa Station | Takahama Station | |||
| Ōwada Line | Ōwada・Okunotani・Kencho mae | Mito Station | ||
| Ebisawa Line | Hokota Nōgyō Highschool・Ebisawa・Okunotani・Kencho mae | |||
| Hokota Shiyakusho | Shin-Hokota Station[5] | |||
| Airport bus | Non stop | Ibaraki Airport[6] | ||
| Express Bus | Takada・Kitaura-Shosya | Asō chosya[7] | Runs only one route-trip on weekdays | |
| Highway Bus ASŌ | Itako Station・Sawara Station | Tokyo Station |
History
- 16 May 1929 - opened as the station of 鹿島参宮鉄道-Kashima Sangū Railway
- 1 April 1939 - moved the station to urban area
- 1 June 1965 - 鹿島参宮鉄道-Kashima Sangū Railway and 常総筑波鉄道-Jōsō Tsukuba Railway merged to form Kanto Railway。
- 1979 ‐ split Kanto Railway into Kashima Railway。
- 2000 - selected「関東の駅百選」
- 2007 - abolished
Reference
- Bus routes
- please change buses Kasumigaura Koiki Renkei Bus bound for Tsuchiura Station at the Tamatsukuri Station busstop
- please change buses Airport bus bound for Ibaraki Airport at the Ogawa Station busstop
- please change buses Tsuchiura Line bound for Tsuchiura Station
- please change buses Roze Liner bound for Narita Airport at the busstop
- Access
- please change buses Jingū・Ayame・Shiraho Line bound for Itako Station・Suigō-Itako Bus Terminal・Kashima Jingū Station at the busstop