Hitachino-Ushiku Station

Hitachino-Ushiku Station (ひたち野うしく駅, Hitachino-Ushiku-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

Hitachino-Ushiku Station ひたち野うしく駅
Hitachino-Ushiku Station, August 2009
Location	Hitachino-Nishi 3-41-16, Ushiku, Ibaraki （茨城県牛久市ひたち野西三丁目41-16） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Jōban Line,
History
Opened	1998
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013)	6316 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Ushiku toward Shinagawa Tokiwa (limited service) Arakawaoki (limited service) toward Takahagi Jōban Line      Special Rapid Arakawaoki toward Tsuchiura Jōban Line Local-Futsuu Arakawaoki toward Sendai

Lines

Hitachino-Ushiku Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 54.5 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station.

Station layout

Hitachino-Ushiku Station has two island platforms connected to the station building by an overhead passageway. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Jōban Line (JU Ueno-Tokyo Line)	for Toride, Kashiwa, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa
2	■ Jōban Line (JU Ueno-Tokyo Line)	for Toride, Kashiwa, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa
	■ Jōban Line (Tokiwa Limited Express)	for Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa
3	■ Jōban Line (Tokiwa Limited Express)	for Tsuchiura, Ishioka, Mito, Takahagi
	■ Jōban Line	for Tsuchiura, Ishioka, Mito, Takahagi and Iwaki
4	■ Jōban Line	for Tsuchiura, Ishioka, Mito, Takahagi and Iwaki

History

Hitachino-Ushiku Station opened on 14 March 1998 on the site of the Banpaku-Chuo Station (万博中央駅), a temporary station which had been erected for Expo '85.

Surrounding area

• Japan National Route 6
• Hitachino-Ushiku Post Office

External links

• Station information JR East Station Information (in Japanese)