Ōmi-Hachiman Station

Ōmi-Hachiman Station

近江八幡駅
Ōmi-Hachiman Station; 近江八幡駅
	The north gate of Ōmi-Hachiman Station
Location	Ōmihachiman, Shiga; Japan
Operated by	JR West; Ohmi Railway;
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Main Line; Yōkaichi Line;
History
Opened	1889
Previous names	Hachiman; Shin-Hachiman (until 1919)

Ōmi-Hachiman Station (近江八幡駅, Ōmi-Hachiman-eki) is a railway station in Ōmihachiman, Shiga, Japan.

Lines[]

West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
- Biwako Line (Tōkaidō Main Line)
Ohmi Railway
- Yōkaichi Line

History[]

The Tōkaidō Main Line station opened on July 1, 1889, when the railway between Sekigahara Station and Baba Station (now Zeze Station) began operation. The station was originally named Hachiman; on March 11, 1919, the prefix Ōmi was added.^[1] The Ohmi Railway station opened on December 29, 1913, as Shin-Hachiman Station of the Konan Railway.^[2]

Layout[]

The JR station has two platforms serving three tracks, parallel to which the Ohmi Railway has a platform.^[3]

Stations next to Ōmi-Hachiman[]

«	Service
West Japan Railway Company Biwako Line
Limited Express "Hida": Does not stop at this station
Hikone	Limited Express "Haruka"	Yasu
Notogawa	Special Rapid	Yasu
Azuchi	Local (Rapid service: Kyoto or Takatsuki - Akashi)	Shinohara
Ohmi Railway Yōkaichi Line
Musa	Rapid	Terminus
Musa	Local	Terminus

References[]

^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 32. ISBN 4533029809.
^ Wakuda, Yasuo (1993). Shitetsushi Handobukku (in Japanese). Tokyo: Denkisha Kenkyūkai. p. 123. ISBN 4-88548-065-5.
^ "近江八幡駅│構内図：JRおでかけネット". Retrieved September 2, 2011.

Coordinates: 35°07′22″N 136°06′10″E / 35.1228835°N 136.1027527°E / 35.1228835; 136.1027527

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[1] Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 32. ISBN 4533029809.

[2] Wakuda, Yasuo (1993). Shitetsushi Handobukku (in Japanese). Tokyo: Denkisha Kenkyūkai. p. 123. ISBN 4-88548-065-5.

[3] "近江八幡駅│構内図：JRおでかけネット". Retrieved September 2, 2011.

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show v t Stations of the Biwako Line (Tokaido Line, Hokuriku Line)
Biwako Line (Hokuriku Main Line)	Nagahama Tamura Sakata Maibara
Biwako Line (Tōkaidō Main Line)	Maibara Hikone Minami-Hikone Kawase Inae Notogawa Azuchi Ōmi-Hachiman Shinohara Yasu Moriyama Rittō Kusatsu Minami-Kusatsu Seta Ishiyama Zeze Ōtsu Yamashina Kyōto

show v t Stations of the Ohmi Railway
Main Line	Maibara Fujitec-mae Toriimoto Hikone Hikone-Serikawa Hikoneguchi Takamiya Amago Toyosato Echigawa Gokashō Kawabe-no-mori Yōkaichi Nagatanino Daigaku-mae Kyocera-mae Sakuragawa Asahi Ōtsuka Asahino Hino Minakuchi Matsuo Minakuchi Minakuchi Ishibashi Minakuchi Jōnan Kibukawa
Taga Line	Takamiya Screen Taga Taisha-mae
Yokaichi Line	Yōkaichi Shin-Yōkaichi Tarōbōgū-mae Ichinobe Hirata Musa Ōmi-Hachiman

Ōmi-Hachiman Station 近江八幡駅
The north gate of Ōmi-Hachiman Station
Location	Ōmihachiman, Shiga Japan
Operated by	JR West Ohmi Railway
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Main Line Yōkaichi Line
History
Opened	1889
Previous names	Hachiman; Shin-Hachiman (until 1919)