Kami-Sugaya Station

Kami-Sugaya Station
Kami-Sugaya Station; 上菅谷駅
	Kami-Sugaya Station in March 2014
Location	Sugaya 4496, Naka-shi, Ibaraki-ken 311-0105; Japan
Coordinates	36.4556°N 140.4928°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Suigun Line
Distance	10.1 km from Mito
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	November 16, 1896
Passengers
FY2019	734
Services
Location
	Kami-Sugaya Station Location within Ibaraki Prefecture Kami-Sugaya Station Kami-Sugaya Station (Japan)

Kami-Sugaya Station (上菅谷駅, Kami-Sugaya-eki) is a junction passenger railway station in the city of Naka, Ibaraki, Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Kami-Sugaya Station is served by the Suigun Line, and is located 10.1 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Mito Station. It is also the terminus for the Hitachi-Ōta spur line on the Suigun Line, connecting Mito with Hitachiōta.

Station layout

The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Suigun Line	for Mito Hitachi-Ōta (starting trains)
2	■ Suigun Line	for Hitachi-Ōmiya, Hitachi-Daigo and Kōriyama Hitachi-Ōta (trains originating at Mito)
3	■ Suigun Line	for Mito Hitachi-Ōta

History

Kami-Sugaya Station opened on November 16, 1896 as a station on the Ota Railway. The Ota Railway merged with the Mito Railway on October 21, 1901 and was nationalized on December 1, 1927. 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 January 2014.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 734 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

National Route 349
Naka City Hall
Naka Post Office

References

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.

External links

Media related to Kami-Sugaya Station at Wikimedia Commons

JR East Station information (in Japanese)

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[jreast2019stats-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.