Kami-Sugaya Station

Kami-Sugaya Station 上菅谷駅
Kami-Sugaya Station in March 2014
General information
Location	Sugaya 4496, Naka, Ibaraki （茨城県那珂市菅谷4496） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Suigun Line
History
Opened	1897
Passengers
FY2014	696 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Naka-Sugaya towards Mito Suigun Line Hitachi-Kōnosu towards Kōriyama Suigun Line Hitachi-Ōta Branch Minami-Sakaide towards Hitachi-Ōta

Kami-Sugaya Station (上菅谷駅, Kami-Sugaya-eki) is a railway station on the Suigun Line in Naka, Ibaraki, Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kami-Sugaya Station is served by the Suigun Line, and is located 10.1 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Mito Station. It is also the terminus for the Hitachi-Ōta spur line on the Suigun Line, connecting Mito with Hitachiōta.

Station layout

Kami-Sugaya Station has one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Suigun Line	for Mito Hitachi-Ōta (starting trains)
2	■ Suigun Line	for Hitachi-Ōmiya, Hitachi-Daigo and Kōriyama Hitachi-Ōta (trains originating at Mito)

3

■ Suigun Line

for Mito Hitachi-Ōta

History

Kami-Sugaya Station opened on November 16, 1896 as a station on the Ota Railway. The Ota Railway merged with the Mito Railway on October 21, 1901 and was nationalized on December 1, 1927. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. A new station building was completed in January 2014.

Surrounding area

• Naka City Hall
• Naka Post Office
• Japan National Route 349

External links

• JR East Station information (in Japanese)