Hitachi-Taga Station

Hitachi-Taga Station (常陸多賀駅, Hitachi-Taga-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

Hitachi-Taga Station

常陸多賀駅
Hitachi-Taga Station, March 2008
LocationTaga-cho 1-1-1, Hitachi, Ibaraki
(茨城県日立市多賀町一丁目1-1)
Japan
Operated byJR East
Line(s)Jōban Line
History
Opened1897
Previous namesShimomago (until 1939)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013)7,060 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Ōmika
(limited service)
toward Shinagawa
Hitachi
(limited service)
Hitachi
toward Sendai
Ōmika
toward Shinagawa
Tokiwa Hitachi
toward Takahagi
Jōban Line
Local-Futsuu
Hitachi
toward Sendai

Lines

Hitachi-Taga Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 142.0 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station.

Station layout

Hitachi-Taga Station is an elevated station with one side platform and one island platform. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.

Platforms

1  Jōban Line for Hitachi, Takahagi, Iwaki, Haranomachi 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-Taga Station was opened on 25 February 1897 as Shimomago Station (下孫駅) . 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.

Surrounding area

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