Terashō_Station
Terashō Station
Railway station in Kōka, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Terashō Station (寺庄駅, Terashō-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kōka, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Terashō Station 寺庄駅 | |||||||||||
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 Terashō Station in February 2012 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Kōnan-chō Terashō 481-1, Kōka-shi, Shiga-ken 520-3301 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°55′8.68″N 136°11′9.21″E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR West | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | C Kusatsu Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 10.5 km from Tsuge | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
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| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | December 25, 1959 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2019 | 753 daily | ||||||||||
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Terashō Station is served by the Kusatsu Line, and is 10.5 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Tsuge.
The station consists of one side platform serving a single bi-directional track, with an elevated station building. The station is staffed.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Kusatsu Line | for Tsuge for Kibukawa and Kusatsu |
Terashō Station opened on December 25, 1959 on the Japan National Railway (JNR). The station became part of the West Japan Railway Company on April 1, 1987 due to the privatization and dissolution of the JNR.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 753 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
- Shiga Prefectural Konan High School
- Jizo-do (Hokukaku-do)
- Former Shiga Bank Konan Branch-Designed by Vories. Completed in 1925. Former Terashō Bank head office.
- Koga City Konan Junior High School
- 令和元年滋賀県統計書 [Shiga Prefecture Statistics (Reiwa 1st Year Edition)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Shiga Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
