Sawa Station (Ibaraki)

Sawa Station (佐和駅, Sawa-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

Sawa Station

佐和駅
Sawa Station, November 2007
LocationTakaba 574, Hitachinaka, Ibaraki
(茨城県ひたちなか市大字高場574)
Japan
Operated byJR East
Line(s)Jōban Line
History
Opened1897
Traffic
Passengers (FY2013)3816 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station
Katsuta
toward Shinagawa
Jōban Line
Local-Futsuu
Tōkai
toward Sendai

Lines

Sawa Station is served by the Jōban Line, and is located 125.3 km from the official starting point of the line at Nippori Station.

Station layout

Sawa Station has two opposed side platforms connected to the station building by an overhead passageway. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office.

Platforms

1  Jōban Line for Hitachi, Takahagi, Iwaki and Haranomachi
2  Joban Line
(JU Ueno-Tokyo Line)
for Katsuta, Mito, Tomobe, Ishioka, Tsuchiura, Ueno, Tokyo and Shinagawa
 Mito Line for Mito, Tomobe, Kasama, Shimodate, and Oyama

History

Sawa Station was opened on 25 February 1897. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987.

Surrounding area


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