Takahagi Station

Location
	Takahagi Station Location within Ibaraki Prefecture Takahagi Station Takahagi Station (Japan)

Takahagi Station

高萩駅
Takahagi Station; 高萩駅
	Takahagi Station, March 2014
General information
Location	1928 Takahagi,[Takahagi-shi, Ibaraki-ken 318-0034; Japan
Coordinates	36°42′50″N 140°43′02″E / 36.7138°N 140.7172°E
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	■ Joban Line
Distance	162.5 km from Nippori
Platforms	1 island platform
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	25 February 1897; 127 years ago
Passengers
FY2019	2643 daily
Services
Location
Location
	Takahagi Station Location within Ibaraki Prefecture Takahagi Station Takahagi Station (Japan)

Takahagi Station (高萩駅, Takahagi-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Takahagi, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Takahagi Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 162.5 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station in Tokyo.

Station layout

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

Platforms

1	■ Jōban Line	for Isohara, Iwaki, Tomioka, Namie, Haranomachi and Sendai
2	■ Joban Line (JU Ueno-Tokyo Line)	for Hitachi, Katsuta, Mito, Tomobe, Ishioka, Tsuchiura, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa
2	■ Mito Line	for Hitachi, Katsuta, Mito, Tomobe, Kasama, Shimodate, and Oyama

History

The station 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. A new station building was completed in March 2014.^{[citation needed]}

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2643 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Gallery

The platform looking north
The ticket barriers

Surrounding area

Takahagi Post Office
National Route 6
Ibaraki Prefectural Takahagi High School
Ibaraki Prefectural Takahagi Kiyomatsu High School
Takahagi City Library

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 Takahagi Station at Wikimedia Commons

Station information JR East Station Information (in Japanese)

[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.

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