Ōmika Station

36°30′48″N 140°37′10″E / 36.5132°N 140.6194°E / 36.5132; 140.6194Operated by JR EastLine(s)     Jōban LineDistance137.4 km (85.4 mi) from NipporiPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2ConstructionStructure typeAt gradeOther informationStatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened25 February 1897; 127 years ago (1897-02-25)PassengersFY20217,555 daily Services

Preceding station	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
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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

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	■ 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

Gallery

• 
  Platform level of the East Exit
• 
  West Exit of Ōmika Station, February 2022
• 
  East Exit, February 2022
• 
  Ōmika Station entrance, 29 April 2019

History

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

• Port of Ibaraki
• Omika Post Office
• Hitachi Seisakusho
• National Route 6
• National Route 245
• Ibaraki Christian University

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

Media related to Ōmika Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Station information JR East Station Information (in Japanese)