Hitachi Station

Hitachi Station (日立駅, Hitachi-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

Hitachi Station 日立駅
Hitachi Station, February 2012
Location	Saiwai-cho 1-1-1, Hitachi, Ibaraki （茨城県日立市幸町一丁目1-1） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Jōban Line
History
Opened	1897
Previous names	Sukegawa (until 1939)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)	11,651 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Hitachi-Taga (limited service) toward Shinagawa Hitachi Takahagi (limited service) toward Sendai Hitachi-Taga toward Shinagawa Tokiwa Takahagi Terminus Jōban Line Local-Futsuu Ogitsu toward Sendai

Lines

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.

It is also served by the seasonal service Burari Takao Sansaku that terminates here bound for Takao.

Station layout

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

Platforms

1,2	■ Jōban Line	for Takahagi, Isohara, Iwaki, Tomioka, Namie, Haranomachi, Soma 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 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

Surrounding area

• Hitachi City Hall
• Hitachi Post Office
• Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.

References

External links

• Station information JR East Station Information (in Japanese)