Hitachi-Ōta Station

Hitachi-Ōta Station
Hitachi-Ōta Station; 常陸太田駅
	Hitachi-Ōta Station in September 2011
Location	Yamashita-cho 1043, Hitachiōta-shi, Ibaraki-ken 313-0013; Japan
Coordinates	36.5318°N 140.5270°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Suigun Line
Distance	9.5 km from Kami-Sugaya
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	April 1, 1899
Previous names	Ōta (until 1927)
Passengers
FY2019	1153 daily
Services
Location
	Hitachi-Ōta Station Location within Ibaraki Prefecture Hitachi-Ōta Station Hitachi-Ōta Station (Japan)

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).

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

National Route 293
National Route 349
Hitachiōta Post Office

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.

External links

Media related to Hitachi-Ōta Station at Wikimedia Commons

JR East Station information (in Japanese)

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[jreast2019stats-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.