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Biwako-Hamaōtsu Station

Railway station in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Biwako-Hamaōtsu Station (びわ湖浜大津駅, Biwako-Hamaōtsu-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keihan Electric Railway.

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Lines

Biwako-Hamaōtsu Station is a station of the Ishiyama Sakamoto Line, and is 6.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ishiyamadera. It is also a station of the Keihan Keishin Line, and is 7.5 kilometers from the terminus of that line at Misasagi.[citation needed]

Station layout

The station consists of two island platforms connected by an elevated station building.[citation needed]

Platforms

1  Ishiyama Sakamoto Line for Sakamoto-hieizanguchi
   Keishin Line for Misasagi, Sanjō-Keihan, Kyōtoshiyakusho-mae, Uzumasa Tenjingawa
2  Ishiyama Sakamoto Line for Keihan Zeze, Keihan Ishiyama, Ishiyamadera
   Keishin Line for terminating trains

History

Biwako-Hamaōtsu Station was opened on July 15, 1880 as Ōtsu Station (大津駅, Ōtsu-eki) on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Tōkaidō Main Line .[citation needed] The private Ōtsu Electric Railway began operations to the station in 1913, the same year that the Tōkaidō Main Line was rerouted to bypass this station and JGR operations ceased.[citation needed] The station was renamed Hamaōtsu Station (浜大津駅, Hamaōtsu-eki) on June 1, 1913.[citation needed] It was renamed again to its present name on March 17, 2018.[citation needed]

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Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 3008 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]

Surrounding area

  • Otsu Port
  • Former Otsu Public Hall
  • Shiga Prefectural Road 558 Takashima Otsu Line
  • Shiga Prefectural Road No. 18 Otsu Kusatsu Linehool

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