Hitachi-Taga Station

Hitachi-Taga Station 常陸多賀駅
File:JR Hitachi-Taga station 20070308.jpg Hitachi-Taga Station, March 2008
Location	Taga-cho 1-1-1, Hitachi, Ibaraki （茨城県日立市多賀町一丁目1-1） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Jōban Line
History
Opened	1897
Previous names	Shimomago (until 1939)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013)	7,060 daily

Hitachi-Taga Station (常陸多賀駅, Hitachi-Taga-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

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.

Station layout

Hitachi-Taga Station is an elevated station with one side platform and one island platform. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Jōban Line	for Hitachi, Iwaki
2	■ Jōban Line	for Mito, Tsuchiura and Ueno
3	■ Jōban Line	for Mito, Tsuchiura and Ueno

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Joban Line
Rapid: no stop
Ōmika		Local		Hitachi

History

Hitachi-Taga Station was opened on 25 February 1897 as Shimomago Station (下孫駅) . 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.

Surrounding area

• Hitachi City Hall
• Taga Post Office
• Hitachi Company – Taga Plant
• Japan National Route 6
• Japan National Route 245

External links

• Station information JR East Station Information (Japanese)