Kataoka Station

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Kataoka Station 片岡駅
Kataoka Station west entrance, May 2015
General information
Location	Kataoka, Yaita-shi, Tochigi-ken 329-1571 Japan
Coordinates	36°45′17″N 139°56′44″E / 36.7547°N 139.9455°E / 36.7547; 139.9455
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Tōhoku Main Line
Distance	135.5 km from Tokyo
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Connections	Bus stop
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	5 June 1897
Passengers
FY2019	730 daily
Services
Preceding station JR East Following station Kamasusaka towards Tokyo Utsunomiya Line Local Yaita towards Kuroiso
Location Kataoka Station Location within Tochigi Prefecture Show map of Tochigi Prefecture Kataoka Station Kataoka Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Kataoka Station (片岡駅, Kataoka-eki) is a railway station in the city of Yaita, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Kataoka Station is served by the Utsunomiya Line (Tohoku Main Line), and lies 135.5 km from the starting point of the line at Tokyo.

This station has an elevated station building with one island platform and one side platform underneath; however, platform 2 is not in use. The station is staffed.

Kataoka Station opened on 5 June 1897.^[1] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR East.

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 730 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

• Kataoka Post Office
• National Route 4

• List of railway stations in Japan

Media related to Kataoka Station at Wikimedia Commons

• JR East station information (in Japanese)