is a passenger

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in the city of Hitachiōmiya, Ibaraki,

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operated by

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(JR East).

Lines

Hitachi-Ōmiya Station is served by the

Suigun Line The is a Japanese railway line operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), which connects Mito Station (Ibaraki), Mito Station in Ibaraki Prefecture and Asaka-Nagamori Station in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. All trains on the line continue ...

, and is located 23.4 rail kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Mito Station.

Station layout

The station has two opposed

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s connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is staffed.

Platforms

History

Hitachi-Ōmiya Station opened on October 23, 1918 as a station on the Mito Railway which was nationalized on December 1, 1927. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the

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of the

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(JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 935 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* * * Ōmiya Post Office

References

External links

JR East Station information
Railway stations in Ibaraki Prefecture Suigun Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1918 Hitachiōmiya, Ibaraki {{Ibaraki-railstation-stub