Ogitsu Station (小木津駅, Ogitsu-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Ogitsu Station

小木津駅
Ogitsu Station, January 2014
General information
LocationHidaka-cho 1-2, Hitachi-shi, Ibaraki-ken 319-1414
Japan
Coordinates36°38′12″N 140°40′30″E / 36.6367°N 140.6751°E / 36.6367; 140.6751
Operated by JR East
Line(s) Jōban Line
Distance152.4 km from Nippori
Platforms1 island platform
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened16 December 1909; 114 years ago (1909-12-16)09
Passengers
FY20192504 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Hitachi
towards Shinagawa
Jōban Line
Local-Futsuu
Jūō
towards Sendai
Location
Ogitsu Station is located in Ibaraki Prefecture
Ogitsu Station
Ogitsu Station
Location within Ibaraki Prefecture
Ogitsu Station is located in Japan
Ogitsu Station
Ogitsu Station
Ogitsu Station (Japan)

Lines edit

Ogitsu Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 152.4 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station.

Station layout edit

The station is an elevated station with a single island platform. The station is staffed.

Platforms edit

1  Jōban Line for Takahagi, Isohara, Iwaki, Tomioka and Haranomachi
2  Joban Line
(JU Ueno-Tokyo Line)
for Hitachi, Katsuta, Mito, Tomobe, Ishioka, Tsuchiura, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa
 Mito Line for Hitachi, Katsuta, Mito, Tomobe, Kasama, Shimodate, and Oyama

History edit

Ogitsu Station was opened on 16 December 1909. The current station building was completed in 1982. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.

Passenger statistics edit

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2504 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area edit

  • Hitachi Metals Hidaka plant
  • Hitachi City Hall Hidaka branch office

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

External links edit

  Media related to Ogitsu Station at Wikimedia Commons