History
Ayukawa Station opened on 1947-09-01 as the terminus of the private Hitachi Electric Railway, when its line from Ōmika reached this point in Kokubu-chō, Hitachi, Ibaraki. A new reinforced-concrete station building was put up on 1977-03-30. The station was staffed throughout its life, although by the end shifts were limited to weekday morning and evening peaks. The line was closed entirely on 2005-04-01, retiring Ayukawa Station; the building was demolished in September 2006. The adjacent JR Jōban Line level crossing kept the name 'Ayukawa-eki-mae crossing' until it was removed in October 2022.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Tracks at Ayukawa once extended several hundred metres beyond the platform — a relic of a planned but never-built extension toward Hitachi proper — and were used as a stabling siding for line stock.