Inae Station


Inae Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Hikone, Shiga, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company.
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Lines

Inae Station is served by the Biwako Line portion of the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is 16.1 kilometers from and 462.0 kilometers from.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms connected by an elevated station building. The station building is attended.

History

The station opened on 1 July 1920 as a station on the Japanese Government Railway Tōkaidō Line, which became the Japan National Railways after World War II. The station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company on 1 April 1987 due to the privatization of JNR. A new station building was completed in 2014.
Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Inae being assigned station number JR-A16.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2559 passengers daily.

Surrounding area