Hitachino-Ushiku Station
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Hitachino-Ushiku Station ひたち野うしく駅 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Hitachino-Ushiku Station, August 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Hitachino-Nishi 3-41-16, Ushiku-shi, Ibaraki-ken 300-1206 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°00′28″N 140°09′31″E / 36.0078°N 140.1586°E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR East | ||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ■ Jōban Line | ||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 54.5 km from Nippori | ||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi ) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 14 March 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 6952 daily | ||||||||||||||||||
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Hitachino-Ushiku Station (ひたち野うしく駅, Hitachino-Ushiku-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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
The station consists of two island platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed 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.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 6952 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
National Route 6- Hitachino-Ushiku Post Office
See also
References
- ^ 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
Media related to Hitachino-Ushiku Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Station information JR East Station Information (in Japanese)