Echigawa Station
Echigawa Station 愛知川駅 | |||||
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 Echigawa Station, October 2006 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | 895 Ichi, Aishō-chō, Echi-gun, Shiga-ken 529-1313 Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 35°10′34″N 136°12′48″E / 35.1762°N 136.2133°E | ||||
| Operated by |  Ohmi Railway | ||||
| Line(s) | ■ Ohmi Railway Main Line | ||||
| Distance | 17.9 km from Maibara | ||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | OR12 | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | June 11, 1898 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2015 | 593 daily | ||||
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Echigawa Station (愛知川駅, Echigawa-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the town of Aishō, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Ohmi Railway.
Lines
[edit]Echigawa Station is served by the Ohmi Railway Main Line, and is located 17.9 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Maibara Station.[1]
Station layout
[edit]The station consists of two unnumbered side platforms connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station building also serves as the local community center, and is unattended.
Platforms
[edit]| ■ Main Line | for Yokaichi, Kibukawa and Ōmi-Hachiman | |
| ■ Main Line | for Hikone and Maibara |
Adjacent stations
[edit]| « | Service | » | ||
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| Ohmi Railway Main Line | ||||
| Rapid: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Toyosato | Local | Gokashō | ||
History
[edit]Echigawa Station was opened on June 11, 1898. The station building was reconstructed in 2000.
Surroundings
[edit]- Aishō Town Hall
- Aishō Municipal Eichigawa Library
- Aishō Municipal Aishō Junior High School
- Shiga Prefectural Echi High School
- Nakasendō Echigawa-juku
- Tōkaidō Shinkansen
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
External links
[edit]
Media related to Echigawa Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Ohmi Railway official site (in Japanese)
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