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
Platforms, February 2022
General information
Location	Ōmika 2-23-10, Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture 319-1221 Japan
Coordinates	36.5132°N 140.6194°E / 36.5132; 140.6194
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Jōban Line
Distance	137.4 km (85.4 mi) from Nippori
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	25 February 1897; 128 years ago (1897-02-25)
Passengers
FY2021	7,555 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
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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

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

• 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