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Biwako-Hamaōtsu StationLocation within Shiga PrefectureShow map of Shiga PrefectureBiwako-Hamaōtsu StationBiwako-Hamaōtsu Station (Japan)Show map of Japan
Biwako-Hamaōtsu Station is a station of the Ishiyama Sakamoto Line, and is 6.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ishiyamadera. It is also a station of the Keihan Keishin Line, and is 7.5 kilometers from the terminus of that line at Misasagi.
Station layout
The station consists of two island platforms connected by an elevated station building.
Biwako-Hamaōtsu Station was opened on July 15, 1880 as Ōtsu Station (大津駅, Ōtsu-eki) on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) Tōkaidō Main Line . The private Ōtsu Electric Railway began operations to the station in 1913, the same year that the Tōkaidō Main Line was rerouted to bypass this station and JGR operations ceased. The station was renamed Hamaōtsu Station (浜大津駅, Hamaōtsu-eki) on June 1, 1913. It was renamed again to its present name on March 17, 2018.
Biwako-Hamaotsu Station
Biwako-Hamaōtsu StationLocation within Shiga PrefectureShow map of Shiga Prefecture
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