Hitachi-Taga Station | |
Style: | JR East |
Native Name: | 常陸多賀駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 1-1-1 Taga-cho, Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture 316-0004 |
Country: | Japan |
Distance: | from |
Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 3 |
Structure: | At grade |
Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Former: | Shimomago (until 1939) |
Passengers: | 5,202 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2021 |
Map Type: | Japan Ibaraki Prefecture#Japan Kanto#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Hitachi-Taga Station |
is a railway station located in the city of Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).
Hitachi-Taga Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 142.0 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station.
The station is an elevated station with one side platform and one island platform. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.
Hitachi-Taga Station was opened on 25 February 1897 as . It was renamed to its present name on 20 October 1939. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 6653 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]