Ōtsukō Station (大津港駅, Ōtsukō-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
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Ōtsukō Station 大津港駅 | |||||||||||
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Ōtsukō Station, July 2013 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Ōtsumachi Kitamachi 250, Kitaibaraki-shi, Ibaraki-ken 319-1704 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 36.8461°N 140.7779°E / 36.8461; 140.7779 | ||||||||||
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Line(s) | ■ Jōban Line | ||||||||||
Distance | 178.7 km from Nippori | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island + 1 side platform | ||||||||||
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Status | Unstaffed | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 25 February 1897 | ||||||||||
Previous names | Sekimoto (until 1950) | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2019 | 839 daily | ||||||||||
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Ōtsukō Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 178.7 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station.
The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended.
1, 2 | ■ Jōban Line | forIsohara, Takahagi, Hitachi, Katsuta, Mito, Tomobe, Ishioka and Tsuchiura |
2, 3 | ■ Jōban Line | for Iwaki, Hirono, Tomioka, Namie and Haranomachi |
Ōtsukō Station was opened on 25 February 1897 as Sekimoto Station (関本駅). It was renamed to its present name on 10 May 1950. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 839 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Media related to Ōtsukō Station at Wikimedia Commons
Stations of the Jōban Line | ||
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Stations served only by the Chiyoda Line through service local trains between Kita-Senju and Abiko are omitted. | JJ |