Operated by JR East Previous names Ōta (until 1927) Address Japan | Passengers (FY2014) 1232 daily Opened 1899 | |
 | ||
Similar Kami‑Sugaya Station, Yagawara Station, Hitachi‑Daigo Station, Kawai Station, Hitachi‑Ōmiya Station | ||
Hitachi-Ōta Station (常陸太田駅, Hitachi-Ōta-eki) is a railway station on the Suigun Line in Hitachiōta, Ibaraki Prefecture, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Contents
Lines
Hitachi-Ōta Station is a terminus of the Hitachi-Ōta Spur Line of the Suigun Line, and is located 9.5 rail kilometers from the opposing terminus of the spur line at Kami-Sugaya Station.
Station layout
Hitachi-Ōta Station has a single side platform serving traffic in both directions. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.
History
Hitachi-Ōta Station opened on April 1, 1899 as Ōta Station (太田駅) 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.