Ōmi-Shiotsu Station

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Railway station in Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Ōmi-Shiotsu Station

近江塩津駅

Ōmi-Shiotsu Station, August 2019

General information
Location| 245 Yo Nishiazai-cho, Nagahama City, Shiga Prefecture 529-0706
Japan
Coordinates| 35°32′22.7″N 136°9′4.84″E﻿ / ﻿35.539639°N 136.1513444°E﻿ / 35.539639; 136.1513444
Operated by|  JR West
Line(s)|

* A Hokuriku Main Line
* B Kosei Line

Distance| 31.4 km (19.5 mi) from Maibara
Platforms| 2 island platforms
Tracks| 4
Connections|  Bus stop
Construction
Structure type| Elevated
Other information
Station code|

* JR-A03 (Hokuriku Main Line)
* JR-B10 (Kosei Line)

Website| Official website
History
Opened| 1 October 1957; 67 years ago (1 October 1957)
Passengers
FY2019| 207 daily
Services
| Preceding station  |  JR West | Following station

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Yogo

towards Maibara

|  | Hokuriku Main Line

Local

Rapid

Special Rapid

|  | Shin-Hikida

towards Tsuruga

Nagahara

towards Kyoto

|  | Kosei Line

Local

Rapid

Special Rapid

Location

Ōmi-Shiotsu Station

Location within Shiga Prefecture

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Ōmi-Shiotsu Station (Kansai region)

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Ōmi-Shiotsu Station (Japan)

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Ōmi-Shiotsu Station (近江塩津駅, Ōmishiotsu-eki) is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Nagahama, Shiga, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It is the northernmost station in Shiga Prefecture

## Lines

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Ōmi-Shiotsu Station is served by the Biwako Line portion of the Hokuriku Main Line, and is 31.4 kilometres (19.5 miles) from the terminus of the line at Maibara. It is also the nominal northern terminus of the Kosei Line, although most express trains continue on to Tsuruga in Fukui Prefecture using the tracks of the Hokuriku Main Line. The station is 74.1 kilometres (46.0 miles) from the starting point of the Kosei Line at Yamashina and 79.6 kilometres (49.5 miles) from Kyoto.

## Station layout

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The station consists of two island platforms built on an embankment, connected to the station building by an underground passage. The station is staffed.

### Platforms

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1 | ■ Kosei Line | for Omi-Imazu and Kyoto

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2 | ■ Kosei Line  | for Omi-Imazu and Kyoto
■ Hokuriku Main Line | for Nagahama and Maibara
for Tsuruga and Fukui (through from Kosei Line)
3 | ■ Hokuriku Main Line | for Tsuruga and Fukui
4 | ■ Hokuriku Main Line | for Nagahama and Maibara

## History

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Ōmi-Shiotsu Station opened on 1 October 1957 under the Japan National Railways (JNR). The station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) on 1 April 1987 due to the privatization of JNR.[1]

Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Ōmi-Shiotsu being assigned station number JR-A03 for the Hokuriku Main Line and JR-B08 for the Kosei Line.[2][3]

## Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 207 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]

## Surrounding area

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The station is surrounded by mountains on three sides, with Japan National Route 8 passing in front of the station. Nagahama City Shiotsu Elementary School is in the vicinity.

## Gallery

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* October 2011

* Platforms 3 and 4, January 2007

## See also

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* List of railway stations in Japan

## References

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1. ^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 43\. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
2. ^ "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.
3. ^ "「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.
4. ^ 令和元年滋賀県統計書 [Shiga Prefecture Statistics (Reiwa 1st Year Edition)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Shiga Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

## External links

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Media related to Ōmi-Shiotsu Station at Wikimedia Commons

* JR West official home page

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Stations of the Hokuriku Main Line and related lines

Hokuriku Main Line|

| Biwako Line|

* (for Hikone and Kyoto<<)(for Gifu and Nagoya<<) Maibara
* Sakata
* Tamura
* Nagahama (for Torahime>>)

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Hokuriku Line|

* (for Tamura<<) Nagahama
* Torahime
* Kawake
* Takatsuki
* Kinomoto
* Yogo \- (for Ōmi-Imazu and Kyōto<<) Ōmi-Shiotsu
* Shin-Hikida
* Tsuruga

Hapi-Line Fukui Line|

* Tsuruga*
* Minami-Imajō
* Imajō#
* Yunoo
* Nanjō#
* Ōshio
* Takefu*
* Sabae*
* Kita-Sabae
* Ōdoro
* Echizen-Hanandō
* (Minami-Fukui Freight Terminal)
* Fukui*
* Morita
* Harue
* Maruoka
* Awaraonsen
* Hosorogi
* Ushinoya
* Daishōji (for Kagaonsen>>)

IR Ishikawa Railway Line|

* (for Ushinoya<<) Daishōji
* Kagaonsen
* Iburihashi
* Awazu
* Komatsu
* Meihō
* Nomi-Neagari
* Komaiko
* Mikawa
* Kaga-Kasama
* Nishi-Mattō
* Mattō
* Nonoichi
* Nishi-Kanazawa
* Kanazawa**
* Higashi-Kanazawa
* Morimoto
* Tsubata (for Wakuraonsen>>)
* Kurikara (for Isurugi>>)

Ainokaze Toyama
Railway Line|

* (for Tsubata<<) Kurikara
* Isurugi**
* Fukuoka
* Nishi-Takaoka
* Takaoka-Yabunami
* Takaoka**
* Etchū-Daimon
* Kosugi**
* Kureha
* Toyama**
* Shin-Toyamaguchi
* Higashi-Toyama
* Mizuhashi
* Namerikawa**
* Higashi-Namerikawa
* Uozu**
* Kurobe**
* Ikuji
* Nishi-Nyūzen
* Nyūzen**
* Tomari**
* Etchū-Miyazaki
* Ichiburi (for Oyashirazu>>)

ETR Nihonkai Hisui Line|

* (for Etchū-Miyazaki<<) Ichiburi
* Oyashirazu
* Ōmi
* Itoigawa
* Echigo Oshiage Hisui Kaigan
* Kajiyashiki
* Uramoto
* Nō
* Tsutsuishi
* Nadachi
* Arimagawa
* Tanihama
* Naoetsu

See also: Hokuriku Shinkansen

*: Rapid service stops | **: Ainokaze Liner stops | bold: Shirasagi/Thunderbird stops

#: On the Hapi-Line Fukui Line, all Rapid services stop at Nanjō, except for one round trip, which stops at Imajō instead.

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Stations of the Kosei Line

* (for Osaka<< Kyōto)
* Yamashina
* Ōtsukyō
* Karasaki
* Hieizan Sakamoto
* Ogoto-onsen
* Katata
* Ono
* Wani
* Hōrai
* Shiga
* Hira
* Ōmi-Maiko
* Kita-Komatsu
* Ōmi-Takashima
* Adogawa
* Shin-Asahi
* Ōmi-Imazu
* Ōmi-Nakashō
* Makino
* Nagahara
* Ōmi-Shiotsu (>> Hokuriku Line for Tsuruga)

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