Takahama Station platforms, 2007

Takahama Station (高浜駅, Takahama-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ishioka, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Lines

Takahama Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 76.4 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station.

Station layout

The station consists one side platform and one island platform, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is staffed. Two local trains stop approximately every hour during the day.

Platforms

1  Jōban Line
(JU Ueno-Tokyo Line)
for Tsuchiura, Toride, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa
2, 3  Jōban Line for Ishioka, Tomobe, Mito, Takahagi and Iwaki

History

Takahama Station was opened on 4 November 1895. 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 1118 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.

External links

Media related to Takahama Station (Ibaraki) at Wikimedia Commons