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Ogitsu Station

小木津駅
Ogitsu Station; 小木津駅
	Ogitsu Station, January 2014
General information
Location	Hidaka-cho 1-2, Hitachi-shi, Ibaraki-ken 319-1414; Japan
Coordinates	36°38′12″N 140°40′30″E / 36.6367°N 140.6751°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Jōban Line
Distance	152.4 km from Nippori
Platforms	1 island platform
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	16 December 1909; 115 years ago09
Passengers
FY2019	2504 daily
Services
Location
Location
	Ogitsu Station Location within Ibaraki Prefecture Ogitsu Station Ogitsu Station (Japan)

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).

Lines

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

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

Platforms

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
2	■ Mito Line	for Hitachi, Katsuta, Mito, Tomobe, Kasama, Shimodate, and Oyama

History

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

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

Surrounding area

Hitachi Metals Hidaka plant
Hitachi City Hall Hidaka branch office

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 Ogitsu Station at Wikimedia Commons

Station information JR East Station Information (in Japanese)

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[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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