is a passenger railway station in the city of Hitachiōta, Ibaraki Prefecture, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines Hitachi-Ōta Station is a terminus of the Hitachi-Ōta Branch Line of the Suigun Line, and is 9.5 kilometres from the start of the branch line at Kami-Sugaya Station.
Station layout The station consists of a single dead-headed side platform. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.
History Hitachi-Ōta Station opened on April 1, 1899 as on the Ota Railway. The Ota Railway merged with the Mito Railway on October 21, 1901 and was nationalized on December 1, 1927, and the station was renamed to its present name at that time. 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 April 2011.
Passenger statistics In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1153 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
Bus routes Ibaraki Kotsu For Satokawa-iriguchiTen minute's walk brings from this bus stop to Ōnukari Myōjin on Japan National Route 349 for 800m. Transferring onto Fukushima Transportation which runs from Ōnukari bus stop enables you to go to Higashidate Station.
Surrounding area
Hitachiōta Post Office
See also List of railway stations in Japan
References
External links
JR East Station information