Hitachi-Taga

Weekday departures: 106/day in the available timetable data · Sat & holiday departures: 103/day in the available timetable data

Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 5:35 / 24:03 (00:03 next day)

Busiest hour in the available data: 7:00–8:00 (11)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.

Timetable data as of 3 May 2026.

The timetable data is incomplete for some or all lines at this station, so the weekday and Sat & holiday figures are departures in the available timetable data, not totals.

Lines where the timetable data is incomplete:

• JR Joban Line: timetable covers only part of the line

• JR Joban Line: Hitachi ⇄ Omika

Hitachi-Taga Station serves the city of Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, on JR East's Jōban Line, 142.0 km from the line's starting point at Nippori. It opened on 25 February 1897 as Shimomago Station and was renamed Hitachi-Taga on 20 October 1939. Operated since the 1 April 1987 privatisation of the Japanese National Railways by JR East, the station has one side platform and one island platform served by a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office, and continues to function as a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company alongside its passenger role.