Ōmika Station
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Ōmika Station 大甕駅 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 Platforms, February 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Ōmika 2-23-10, Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture 319-1221 Japan | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°30′48″N 140°37′10″E / 36.5132°N 140.6194°E | |||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR East | |||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Jōban Line | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 137.4 km (85.4 mi) from Nippori | |||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | |||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 25 February 1897 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2021 | 7,555 daily | |||||||||||||||||||
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Ōmika Station (大甕駅, Ōmika-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
[edit]Ōmika Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 137.4 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station.
Station layout
[edit]The station consists two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | ■ Jōban Line (JU Ueno-Tokyo Line) |
for Katsuta, Mito, Tomobe, Ishioka, Tsuchiura, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa |
| ■ Jōban Line | for Mito, Tomobe, Kasama, Shimodate, and Oyama | |
| 2 | ■ Jōban Line | for Hitachi, Takahagi, Isohara, Iwaki, Haranomachi and Sendai |
Gallery
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Platform level of the East Exit -
West Exit of Ōmika Station, February 2022 -
East Exit, February 2022 -
Ōmika Station entrance, 29 April 2019
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History
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Ōmika Station was opened on 25 February 1897. The Hitachi Electric Railway operated to this station from 1928 to 2005. 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 9600 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Port of Ibaraki
- Omika Post Office
- Hitachi Seisakusho
National Route 6
National Route 245- Ibaraki Christian University
See also
[edit]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
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Media related to Ōmika Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Station information JR East Station Information (in Japanese)
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