Niihari

Known weekday departures: 48/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 48/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 5:47 / 23:22

Busiest hour (known departures): 6:00–7:00 (4)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are the departures known from the timetable data, not a count of today's actual service.

Timetable data as of 5 May 2026 (retrieved in spring/summer 2026).

• JR Mito Line: Yamato (Ibaraki) ⇄ Shimodate

Niihari Station opened on 25 September 1895 as a Nippon Railway station in present-day Chikusei, Ibaraki. The line was nationalised on 1 November 1906 and gained the Mito Line designation on 12 October 1909. Freight and parcel handling were discontinued in February 1984. Japanese National Railways was privatised on 1 April 1987 and the station passed to JR East. Suica IC-card service began on 18 November 2001. The Midori no Madoguchi reserved-ticket office closed on 16 March 2018, the station became unstaffed on 1 October 2020, and a new station building opened on 6 March 2021.

The station stands in the Niihari district of Chikusei, and the remains of the ancient Niihari district government office (Niihari-no-gunga) lie a short walk from the platforms.