Inada Station (稲田駅) is a ground-level station in Kasama, Ibaraki Prefecture. East Japan Railway Company runs it. It serves the Mito Line. It opened as a freight station, completed on 5 June 1897.
History
The freight station at Inada was completed on 5 June 1897. It became an ordinary station on 8 May 1898, and the station building was completed in December 1898. On 1 November 1906 the station was nationalised. In 1907 the station yard was greatly expanded. On 12 October 1909 the station was placed on the Mito Line.
On 7 April 1917 a weighing platform for freight was added to the second track. On 26 September 1922 a crossing keeper's hut was built at the highway level crossing, because many vehicles carrying stone passed there. On 14 February 1931 a gantry crane was added to the first platform. On 10 February 1936 a simple gantry crane was added to the third platform. On 12 October 1936 a gantry crane was added to the second platform.
On 19 December 1958 a diesel wagon mover was assigned to the station. On 9 January 1976 a linked-type wagon mover was assigned. Freight handling ended on 1 February 1984, and the station became unstaffed. On 1 April 1987 the national railway was split up, and the station became part of JR East. Suica could be used from 18 November 2001.
A departure melody was introduced on 14 March 2009. A new station building came into use on 6 March 2013. On 30 March 2014 a building called Ishi no Hyakunenkan opened in front of the station. On 1 August 2024 the city of Kasama ended its ticket sales contract, and the station became unstaffed all day.
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