Screen Station

Screen Station

スクリーン駅
Screen Station; スクリーン駅
	Screen Station
Location	Takamiya-chō, Hikone-shi, Shiga-ken 522-0201; Japan
Coordinates	35°14′00″N 136°16′02″E / 35.233213°N 136.267253°ECoordinates: 35°14′00″N 136°16′02″E / 35.233213°N 136.267253°E
Operated by	Ohmi Railway
Line(s)	■ Ohmi Railway Taga Line
Distance	0.8 km from Takamiya
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Station code	OR08
Website	Official website
History
Opened	15 March 2008
Passengers
FY2019	634 daily (boarding passengers only)
Location
	Screen Station Location within Shiga PrefectureShow map of Shiga PrefectureShow map of JapanShow all

Screen Station (スクリーン駅, Sukurīn-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Ohmi Railway. The station was named after Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd., whose Hikone office the station serves.

Lines[]

Screen Station is a station of the Ohmi Railway Taga Line, and is located 0.8 rail kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at Takamiya Station.^[1]

Station layout[]

The station consists of a single platform serving one track.. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations[]

«		Service	»
Ohmi Railway Taga Line
Takamiya		Local		Taga Taisha-mae

History[]

Construction started on 5 December 2007,^[2] and the station opened on 15 March 2008.^[3]

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 634 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[4]

Surrounding area[]

Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd., Hikone office
Bridgestone Hikone factory

References[]

^ Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
^ Press release: 彦根地区事業所に近江鉄道「スクリーン」駅を設置 (5 December 2009). Retrieved on 23 February 2009. (in Japanese)
^ The Kyoto Shimbun Web News: 新駅「スクリーン駅」が完成近江鉄道多賀線、１５日開業(14 March 2008). Retrieved on 23 February 2009. (in Japanese)
^ 彦根市統計（令和2年版）第10章運輸および通信 [Hikone City Statistics (Reiwa 2nd Year Edition) Chapter 10 Transportation and Communications] (in Japanese). Japan: Hikone City. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

External links[]

Media related to Screen Station at Wikimedia Commons

Ohmi Railway official site (in Japanese)

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[terada2002-1] Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.

[2] Press release: 彦根地区事業所に近江鉄道「スクリーン」駅を設置 (5 December 2009). Retrieved on 23 February 2009. (in Japanese)

[3] The Kyoto Shimbun Web News: 新駅「スクリーン駅」が完成近江鉄道多賀線、１５日開業(14 March 2008). Retrieved on 23 February 2009. (in Japanese)

[Hikone2019stats-4] 彦根市統計（令和2年版）第10章運輸および通信 [Hikone City Statistics (Reiwa 2nd Year Edition) Chapter 10 Transportation and Communications] (in Japanese). Japan: Hikone City. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

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hide 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