Ōmi-Hachiman Station


Ōmi-Hachiman Station is an interchange passenger railway station located in the city of Ōmihachiman, Shiga, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company and the private railway operator Ohmi Railway.
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Lines

Ōmi-Hachiman Station is served by the Biwako Line portion of the JR Tōkaidō Main Line, and is 28.4 kilometers from and 474.3 kilometers from. It is also served by the Ohmi Railway Yōkaichi Line and is 9.3 kilometers from the terminus of that line at.

Layout

The JR station has one side platform and one island platform serving three tracks, with an elevated station building. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office. The Ohmi Railway portion of the has one island platform.

History

The Tōkaidō Main Line station opened on July 1, 1889, when the railway between Sekigahara Station and Baba Station began operation. The station was originally named Hachiman Station; on March 11, 1919, the prefix Ōmi was added. The Ohmi Railway station opened on December 29, 1913, as Shin-Hachiman Station of the Konan Railway. It was renamed Ōmi-Hachiman in 1919 as well.
Station numbering was introduced to the Tokaido Line platforms in March 2018 with Ōmi-Hachiman being assigned station number JR-A19.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 17,734 passengers daily, and the Ohmi Railway portion of the station by 2,703 passengers daily

Surrounding area