Takahagi Station

Takahagi Station

高萩駅
Takahagi Station; 高萩駅
	Takahagi Station, March 2014
General information
Location	1928 Takahagi,[Takahagi-shi, Ibaraki-ken 318-0034; Japan
Coordinates	36°42′50″N 140°43′02″E / 36.7138°N 140.7172°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Joban Line
Distance	162.5 km from Nippori
Platforms	1 island platform
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	25 February 1897; 127 years ago
Passengers
FY2019	2643 daily
Services
Location
	Takahagi Station Location within Ibaraki Prefecture Takahagi Station Takahagi Station (Japan)

Takahagi Station (高萩駅, Takahagi-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Takahagi, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines[edit]

Takahagi Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 162.5 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station in Tokyo.

Station layout[edit]

The station consists of has one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms[edit]

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

History[edit]

The station opened on 25 February 1897. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. A new station building was completed in March 2014.^{[citation needed]}

Passenger statistics[edit]

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2643 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Gallery[edit]

The platform looking north
The ticket barriers

Surrounding area[edit]

Takahagi Post Office
National Route 6
Ibaraki Prefectural Takahagi High School
Ibaraki Prefectural Takahagi Kiyomatsu High School
Takahagi City Library

References[edit]

^ 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 Takahagi Station at Wikimedia Commons

Station information JR East Station Information (in Japanese)

[jreast2019stats-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.

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