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Ōmika Station

Coordinates: 36°30′48″N 140°37′10″E / 36.5132°N 140.6194°E / 36.5132; 140.6194
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Ōmika Station

大甕駅
Platforms, February 2022
General information
LocationŌmika 2-23-10, Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture 319-1221
Japan
Coordinates36°30′48″N 140°37′10″E / 36.5132°N 140.6194°E / 36.5132; 140.6194
Operated byLogo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East
Line(s)     Jōban Line
Distance137.4 km (85.4 mi) from Nippori
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened25 February 1897; 127 years ago (1897-02-25)
Passengers
FY20217,555 daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Tōkai
(limited service)
towards Shinagawa
Hitachi
(limited service)
Hitachi-Taga
(limited service)
towards Sendai
Tōkai
towards Shinagawa
Tokiwa Hitachi-Taga
towards Takahagi
Jōban Line
Local-Futsuu
Hitachi-Taga
towards Sendai
Location
Ōmika Station is located in Ibaraki Prefecture
Ōmika Station
Ōmika Station
Location within Ibaraki Prefecture
Ōmika Station is located in Kanto Area
Ōmika Station
Ōmika Station
Ōmika Station (Kanto Area)
Ōmika Station is located in Japan
Ōmika Station
Ōmika Station
Ōmika Station (Japan)

Ōmika Station (大甕駅, Ōmika-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

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Ōmika Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 137.4 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station.

Station layout

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The station consists two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

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1  Jōban Line
(JU Ueno-Tokyo Line)
for Katsuta, Mito, Tomobe, Ishioka, Tsuchiura, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa
 Jōban Line for Mito, Tomobe, Kasama, Shimodate, and Oyama
2  Jōban Line for Hitachi, Takahagi, Isohara, Iwaki, Haranomachi and Sendai
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History

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Omika station at September 2011

Ōmika Station was opened on 25 February 1897. The Hitachi Electric Railway operated to this station from 1928 to 2005. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 9600 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

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See also

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References

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  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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