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	Hikone Station Location within Shiga Prefecture Hikone Station Hikone Station (Kansai region) Hikone Station Hikone Station (Japan)

Hikone Station

彦根駅
Hikone Station; 彦根駅
	Hikone Station east exit, January 2020
General information
Location	Furusawacho, Hikone City, Shiga Prefecture 522-0007; Japan
Coordinates	35°16′21″N 136°15′48″E / 35.272532°N 136.263428°E
Operated by	JR West; Ohmi Railway;
Line(s)	A Biwako Line; ■ Ohmi Railway Main Line;
Distance	6.0 km (3.7 mi) from Maibara
Platforms	2 side + 1 island platform
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Station code	JR-A13
History
Opened	1 July 1889; 135 years ago
Passengers
FY2019	10,489 (JR West) daily; 1371 (Ohmi Railway) daily
Location
Location
	Hikone Station Location within Shiga Prefecture Hikone Station Hikone Station (Kansai region) Hikone Station Hikone Station (Japan)

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Hikone Station (彦根駅, Hikone-eki) is an interchange passenger railway station located in the city of Hikone, Shiga, Japan. It is operated jointly by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the private railway operator Ohmi Railway.

Lines

Hikone Station is served by the Biwako Line portion of the JR Tōkaidō Main Line, and is 6.0 kilometers from Maibara and 451.9 kilometers from Tokyo. It is also a station on the Ohmi Railway Main Line and is 5.8 kilometers from the starting point of that line at Maibara.

Layout

The JR Station has two opposed side platforms serving two tracks. Both platforms are connected to the ticket gate on the bridge over the tracks. The east end of the bridge, on the ground, is the Ohmi Railway station wishbone island platform.^[1] The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platform

1	■ Biwako Line	for Maibara, Nagahama and Ōgaki
2	■ Biwako Line	for Kusatsu and Kyoto

1	■ Ohmi Railway Main Line	for Taga Taisha-mae, Yōkaichi, Kibukawa, and Ōmi-Hachiman
2	■ Ohmi Railway Main Line	for Toriimoto and Maibara

Adjacent stations

«	Service
JR West Tokaido Main Line (Biwako Line)
Limited Express "Hida": Does not stop at this station
Maibara	Special Rapid Service	Notogawa
Maibara	Local (Rapid service when running on the JR Kyoto Line)	Minami-Hikone
Ohmi Railway Main Line
Toriimoto	Rapid	Yōkaichi
Toriimoto	Local	Hikone-Serikawa

History

The station opened on 1 July 1889 as a station for passengers and cargo on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) Tōkaidō Line, which became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II.^[2] The Ohmi Railway opened on 11 June 1898.^[3] Freight operations were discontinued in November 1986. The station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) on 1 April 1987 due to the privatization of JNR.

Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Hikone being assigned station number JR-A13.^[4]^[5]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR station was used by an average of 10,489 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). During the same period, the Ohmi Railway portion of the station was used by 1,371 passengers daily (boarding passengers only)^[6]

Surrounding area

Hikone Castle
Ryōtan-ji
Sawayama Castle
Shiga Gokoku Shrine [ja; sv]
Shiga University
Shiga Prefectural Hikone Higashi High School
National Route 8
Lake Biwa
Japan Center for Michigan Universities

References

^ "彦根駅│構内図：JRおでかけネット". Retrieved September 1, 2011.
^ 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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 31. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ Wakuda, Yasuo (1993). Shitetsushi Handobukku (in Japanese). Tokyo: Denkisha Kenkyūkai. p. 123. ISBN 4-88548-065-5.
^ "近畿エリアの12路線のべ300駅に「駅ナンバー」を導入します！" ["Station numbers" will be introduced at a total of 300 stations on 12 lines in the Kinki area!]. westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
^ "「駅ナンバー」一覧表" ["Station number" list] (PDF). westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
^ 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 Hikone Station at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "彦根駅│構内図：JRおでかけネット". Retrieved September 1, 2011.

[2] 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). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 31. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

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

[4] "近畿エリアの12路線のべ300駅に「駅ナンバー」を導入します！" ["Station numbers" will be introduced at a total of 300 stations on 12 lines in the Kinki area!]. westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

[5] "「駅ナンバー」一覧表" ["Station number" list] (PDF). westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

[Hikone2019stats-6] 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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+{{nihongo|'''Hikone Station'''|彦根駅|Hikone-eki|}} is an interchange passenger [[railway station]] located in the city of [[Hikone, Shiga|Hikone]], [[Shiga Prefecture|Shiga]], [[Japan]]. It is operated jointly by the [[West Japan Railway Company]] (JR West) and the private railway operator [[Ohmi Railway]].
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-The station opened on July 1, 1889 as a station for passengers and cargo on the [[Japanese Government Railway]] (JGR) Tōkaidō Line, which became the [[Japan National Railways]] (JNR) after World War II.<ref>{{Teishajo|II|31}}</ref> The Ohmi Railway opened on June 11, 1898.<ref>{{Cite book | title = Shitetsushi Handobukku | language = Japanese | year = 1993 | publisher = Denkisha Kenkyūkai| location = Tokyo | author = Wakuda, Yasuo | isbn = 4-88548-065-5 | page = 123}}</ref> Freight operations were discontinued in November 1986. The station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) on April 1, 1987 due to the privatization of JNR.
+The station opened on 1 July 1889 as a station for passengers and cargo on the [[Japanese Government Railway]] (JGR) Tōkaidō Line, which became the [[Japan National Railways]] (JNR) after World War II.<ref>{{Teishajo|II|31}}</ref> The Ohmi Railway opened on 11 June 1898.<ref>{{Cite book | title = Shitetsushi Handobukku | language = Japanese | year = 1993 | publisher = Denkisha Kenkyūkai| location = Tokyo | author = Wakuda, Yasuo | isbn = 4-88548-065-5 | page = 123}}</ref> Freight operations were discontinued in November 1986. The station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) on 1 April 1987 due to the privatization of JNR.
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 *Ryōtan-ji
 *[[Sawayama Castle]]
-*Shiga Gokoku Shrine
+*{{ill|Shiga Gokoku Shrine|ja|滋賀県護國神社|sv|Shigaken-gokoku-jinja}}
 *[[Shiga University]]
 *Shiga Prefectural Hikone Higashi High School
 *{{jct|country=JPN|Route|8}}
 *[[Lake Biwa]]
+*Japan Center for Michigan Universities
 ==See also==
+*[[Hikoneguchi Station]]
+*[[Hikone-Serikawa Station]]
 *[[List of railway stations in Japan]]

v t e 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

v t e 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