Ōmika Station

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).

Ōmika Station

大甕駅
Ōmika Station entrance, April 29th 2019
LocationŌmika 2-23-10, Hitachi-shi, Ibaraki-ken 319-1221
Japan
Coordinates36.5132°N 140.6194°E / 36.5132; 140.6194
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Jōban Line
Distance137.4 km from Nippori
Platforms2 side platforms
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened25 February 1897
Passengers
FY20199600 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Tōkai
(limited service)
toward Shinagawa
 Hitachi
(limited service)
 Hitachi-Taga
(limited service)
toward Sendai
Tōkai
toward Shinagawa
 Tokiwa Hitachi-Taga
toward Takahagi
Jōban Line
Local-Futsuu
 Hitachi-Taga
toward Sendai
Location
Ōmika Station
Location within Ibaraki Prefecture
Ōmika Station
Ōmika Station (Japan)

Lines

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

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

History
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

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

Surrounding area

See also

References
  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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