Ushiku

Weekday departures: 143/day in the available timetable data · Sat & holiday departures: 122/day in the available timetable data

Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 5:35 / 24:05 (00:05 next day)

Busiest hour in the available data: 7:00–8:00 (12)

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: Hitachino-Ushiku ⇄ Ryugasakishi

Ushiku Station opened on 25 December 1896 as a stop on the Nippon Railway and was nationalised on 1 November 1906, becoming part of the Jōban Line when the line names were fixed on 12 October 1909. Freight handling ended in 1971, parcel service in February 1984, and the present overhead station building was completed in July 1984. The station passed to JR East with the 1 April 1987 privatisation of Japanese National Railways. Suica went into service on 18 November 2001, and elevators to both platforms opened on 20 March 2008. Operations were placed under business contract on 1 November 2020, and a 12 March 2022 timetable change cut limited-express stops to seven trains a day towards Mito and four towards Ueno.

Since December 2007, platform 1 at Ushiku has departed to "Green Green" — evoking the lakeside of Lake Ushiku — while platform 2 plays "Aux Champs-Élysées" in a nod to the nearby Ushiku Chateau winery.