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Biwako-Hamaōtsu Station

Biwako-Hamaōtsu Station

Railway station in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

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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Biwako-Hamaotsu Station layout
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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.

Station layout

The station consists of two island platforms connected by an elevated station building.

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

Adjacent stations

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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 . 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. The station was renamed Hamaōtsu Station (浜大津駅, Hamaōtsu-eki) on June 1, 1913. It was renamed again to its present name on March 17, 2018.

Past lines (Ōtsu Station)

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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

See also

References

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    Ｇ - ５　京阪電車市内各駅の乗降人員 [Ｇ - ５　京阪電車市内各駅の乗降人員 Heisei 31)] (in Japanese). Japan: Otsu City. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

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