Biwako-Hamaōtsu Station
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Biwako-Hamaotsu Station びわ湖浜大津駅 | |||||
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 Biwako-Hamaotsu Station | |||||
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| Location | 3-8, Hamaotsu Itchome, Ōtsu-shi, Shiga-ken 520-0047 Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 35°0′40.88″N 135°51′49.82″E / 35.0113556°N 135.8638389°E | ||||
| Operated by |  Keihan Electric Railway | ||||
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| Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||
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| Station code | OT12 | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | July 15, 1880 | ||||
| Previous names | Ōtsu (until 1913); Hamaōtsu (until 2018) | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2018 | July 15, 1880 daily (boarding) | ||||
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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.
Lines
[edit]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
[edit]The station consists of two island platforms connected by an elevated station building.[citation needed]
Platforms
[edit]| 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
[edit]| « | Service | » | ||
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| Keishin Line | ||||
| Kamisakaemachi | - | Terminus | ||
| Ishiyama Sakamoto Line | ||||
| Shimanoseki | - | Miidera | ||
History
[edit]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]
Past lines (Ōtsu Station)
[edit]| « | Service | » | ||
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| JGR Tōkaidō Line Branch | ||||
| Zeze | - | Terminus | ||
| Kōjaku Railway | ||||
| Zeze | - | Miidera-shita | ||
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 3008 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Otsu Port
- Former Otsu Public Hall
- Shiga Prefectural Road 558 Takashima Otsu Line
- Shiga Prefectural Road No. 18 Otsu Kusatsu Linehool
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ｇ - ５ 京阪電車市内各駅の乗降人員 (in Japanese). Japan: Otsu City. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
External links
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Media related to Biwako-Hamaotsu Station at Wikimedia Commons