Koga Station (古河駅) is an elevated station in Koga, Ibaraki Prefecture. East Japan Railway Company runs it. It serves the Utsunomiya Line. It opened on 16 July 1885 with the opening of the Nippon Railway line between Ōmiya and Utsunomiya.
History
The Tone River bridge was not yet finished, so a rail ferry ran on this section. A temporary stop called Nakada was set up on the bank of the Tone River, between Kurihashi Station and Koga, and it was used until the Tone River bridge opened. Koga was the first railway station in Ibaraki Prefecture. The line that is now the Jōban and Mito lines had not yet opened. The station opened on 16 July 1885, with the opening of the Nippon Railway line between Ōmiya and Utsunomiya. On 1 November 1906 the Nippon Railway was nationalised. On 12 October 1909 the station was placed on the Tōhoku Line.
On 8 April 1936 the station building was rebuilt. On 22 January 1953 the east exit opened. Freight handling ended on 14 April 1981. On 28 March 1983 the up line was raised onto an elevated track, and on 19 March 1984 the down line was raised too. On 24 March 1984 a new station building under the elevated tracks came into use, and a completion ceremony for the elevated works was held on 12 April 1984. Parcel handling ended on 14 March 1985.
On 28 March 1987 a station building called VAL-Koga opened. On 1 April 1987 the national railway was split up, and the station became part of East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Automatic ticket gates started on 1 March 1995. Suica could be used from 18 November 2001. An elevator was installed in March 2007. The Midori no Madoguchi counter closed on 26 October 2023.
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