Sawa Station (Ibaraki)

Sawa Station (佐和駅, Sawa-eki) is a railway station located in the city of Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Sawa Station

佐和駅
Sawa Station, November 2007
LocationTakaba 574, Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki-ken 312-0062
Japan
Coordinates36.4304°N 140.5406°E / 36.4304; 140.5406
Operated by JR East
Line(s)■ Jōban Line
Distance125.3 km from Nippori
Platforms2 side platforms
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened25 February 1897
Passengers
FY20193887 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Katsuta
toward Shinagawa
 Jōban Line
Local-Futsuu
 Tōkai
toward Sendai
Location
Sawa Station
Location within Ibaraki Prefecture
Sawa Station
Sawa Station (Japan)

Lines

Sawa Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 125.3 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is attended.

Platforms
1 ■ Jōban Line for Hitachi, Takahagi, Iwaki and Haranomachi
2 ■ 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

History

Sawa Station was opened on 25 February 1897. 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 3887 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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