Ōtagō Station

Ōtagō Station 大田郷駅
Ōtagō Station, August 2007
Location	Tamado 1623-2, Chikusei, Ibaraki （茨城県筑西市玉戸1523-2） Japan
Operated by	Kantō Railway
Line(s)	Jōsō Line
History
Opened	1913
Traffic

Passengers (FY2012)	161 daily

Ōtagō Station (大田郷駅, Ōtagō-eki) is a train station in Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Ōtagō Station is a station on the Kantō Railway’s Jōsō Line, and is located 47.3 km from the official starting point of the line at Toride Station.

Station layout

The station has two opposed side platforms, connected to the station building by a level crossing.

Platforms

1	■ Jōsō Line	for Shimodate
2	■ Jōsō Line	for Moriya and Toride

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Jōsō Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Kurogo	Local	Shimodate

History

Ōtagō Station was opened on 11 January 1913 as a station on the Jōsō Railroad, which became the Kanto Railway in 1965. The now defunct Jōsō Railroad Kinugawa Line operated from this station from 1926 to 1964.

Surrounding area

Shimodate Nishikata Post Office

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ōtagō Station.

Kantō Railway Station Information (Japanese)

Stations of the Kantō Railway Jōsō Line

Toride Nishi-Toride Terahara Shin-Toride Yumemino Inatoi Togashira Minami-Moriya Moriya Shin-Moriya Kokinu Mitsukaidō Kita-Mitsukaidō Nakatsuma Mitsuma Minami-Ishige Ishige Tamamura Sōdō Shimotsuma Daihō Tobanoe Kurogo Ōtagō Shimodate

Coordinates: 36°16′42″N 139°57′35″E / 36.2782°N 139.9596°E / 36.2782; 139.9596

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