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.
Biwako-Hamaotsu Station びわ湖浜大津駅 | |
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![]() Biwako-Hamaotsu Station | |
General information | |
Location | 3-8, Hamaotsu Itchome, Ōtsu-shi, Shiga-ken 520-0047 Japan |
Coordinates | 35°0′40.88″N 135°51′49.82″E |
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Platforms | 2 island platforms |
Other information | |
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) |
Location | |
![]() ![]() Biwako-Hamaōtsu Station Location within Shiga Prefecture Show map of Shiga Prefecture![]() ![]() Biwako-Hamaōtsu Station Biwako-Hamaōtsu Station (Japan) Show map of Japan |
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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.
The station consists of two island platforms connected by an elevated station building.
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 |
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Keishin Line | ||||
Kamisakaemachi | - | Terminus | ||
Ishiyama Sakamoto Line | ||||
Shimanoseki | - | Miidera |
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.
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JGR Tōkaidō Line Branch | ||||
Zeze | - | Terminus | ||
Kōjaku Railway | ||||
Zeze | - | Miidera-shita |
In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 3008 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Media related to Biwako-Hamaotsu Station at Wikimedia Commons
Stations of the Keihan Ishiyama Sakamoto Line | |
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