Katsuta Station
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The east side of the station in June 2017
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| Location | 1-1 Katsuta-Chuo, Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki-ken 312-0045 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°23′38″N 140°31′29″E / 36.3938°N 140.5246°E / 36.3938; 140.5246 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Hitachinaka Seaside Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 121.1 km from Nippori | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed ( Midori no Madoguchi ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 18 March 1910; 114 years ago (1910-03-18) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 13,586 daily | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Katsuta Station (勝田駅, Katsuta-eki) is a junction passenger railway station inn the city of Hitachinaka, Ibaraki, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the third-sector railway operator Hitachinaka Seaside Railway.
Katsuta Station is served by the Jōban Line from Ueno in Tokyo, and is located 121.1 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station. It is also the terminus of the 14.3 km single-track Hitachinaka Seaside Railway Minato LinetoAjigaura.
The station consists of two island platforms. The station building is elevated and is located above the platforms. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
| 1 | ■ Minato Line | for Nakaminato and Ajigaura |
| 2/3 | ■ Jōban Line (JU Ueno-Tokyo Line) |
for Mito, Tomobe, Ishioka, Tsuchiura, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa |
| ■ Mito Line | for Mito, Tomobe, Kasama, Shimodate, and Oyama | |
| 4 | ■ Jōban Line | for Hitachi, Takahagi, Iwaki, Haranomachi and Sendai |
The JR East (formerly JNR) Katsuta Station opened on 18 March 1910.[1] The Hitachinaka Seaside Railway (formerly Minato Railway) station opened on 25 December 1913.[2] The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.
In fiscal 2019, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 13,586 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3] The Hitachinaka Seaside Railway station was used by an average of 834 passengers daily in fiscal 2011.[2] The JR East passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.
| Fiscal year | Daily average |
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| 2000 | 12,723[4] |
| 2005 | 11,876[5] |
| 2010 | 11,817[6] |
| 2015 | 12,936[7] |
Media related to Katsuta Station at Wikimedia Commons
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Stations of the Jōban Line
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Stations served only by the Chiyoda Line through service local trains between Kita-Senju and Abiko are omitted. | JJ | |
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Stations of the Hitachinaka Seaside Railway Minato Line
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