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Hitachi-Taga Station
常陸多賀駅 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Hitachi-Taga Station, March 2008
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| Location | 1-1-1 Taga-cho, Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture 316-0004 Japan | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°33′07″N 140°37′58″E / 36.5520°N 140.6328°E / 36.5520; 140.6328 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by |
 JR Freight | |||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Jōban Line | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 142.0 km (88.2 mi) from Nippori | |||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1side + 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | At grade | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 25 February 1897; 127 years ago (1897-02-25) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Shimomago (until 1939) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||||
| FY2021 | 5,202 daily | |||||||||||||||||||
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Hitachi-Taga Station (常陸多賀駅, Hitachi-Taga-eki) is a railway station located in the city of Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).
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.
The station is an elevated station with one side platform and one island platform. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.
| 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 |
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.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 6653 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
National Route 6
National Route 245
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Stations of the Jōban Line
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