History
Kandatsu Station opened on 4 November 1895 as a Nippon Railway stop on what is now the Jōban Line, in present-day Tsuchiura, Ibaraki. It passed to the state in 1906 and to JR East and JR Freight at the 1987 JNR breakup. Automatic ticket gates arrived in 1995, scheduled freight workings ceased in 1998, and Suica acceptance began in November 2001. After all limited-express trains were withdrawn in 2015 the station became a local-only stop, and a town-centre redevelopment in 2016 saw the old building close and a temporary one open. A new elevated station building inspired by Lake Kasumigaura's traditional sail-fishing boats opened in 2018, with the through concourse fully in service from 24 March 2019.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Until 1998 the station had sidings feeding the former Nippon Sekiyū oil terminal, Sumitomo Cement plant, and Hitachi Construction Machinery's Tsuchiura works, so freight trains made up entirely of Taki-1000 tank cars ran here from Negishi.