is an interchange passenger

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located in the city of

Ōmihachiman 260px, City Hall 260px, Traditional buildings Preservation Area is a city located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 82,233 in 34747 households and a population density of 570 persons per km². The total area ...

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, operated by the

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(JR West) and the private railway operator

Ohmi Railway is a Japanese private railway company which operates in Shiga Prefecture, and a member of the Seibu group since 1943. The company is named after the Ōmi Province, the former name of the present-day Shiga. The railway is nicknamed by local users ...

Lines

Ōmi-Hachiman Station is served by the

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portion of the JR

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, and is 28.4 kilometers from and 474.3 kilometers from . It is also served by the

Ohmi Railway Yōkaichi Line The is a regional railway line in Shiga Prefecture operated by Ohmi Railway. The line is 9.3 km long, connecting Yōkaichi on the Main Line in Higashiōmi to Ōmi-Hachiman on the JR West Biwako Line in Omihachiman. In addition to local ...

and is 9.3 kilometers from the terminus of that line at .

Layout

The JR station has one

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and one

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serving three tracks, with an elevated station building. The station has a ''

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'' staffed ticket office. The Ohmi Railway portion of the has one island platform.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

The Tōkaidō Main Line station opened on July 1, 1889, when the railway between

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and Baba Station (now

Zeze Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It is located adjacent to the privately-operated Keihan Electric Railway Keihan Zeze Station, but the t ...

) began operation. The station was originally named ; on March 11, 1919, the prefix Ōmi was added. The Ohmi Railway station opened on December 29, 1913, as of the Konan Railway. It was renamed Ōmi-Hachiman in 1919 as well

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the JR portion of the station was used by an average of 17,734 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and the Ohmi Railway portion of the station by 2,703 passengers daily (boarding passengers only)

Surrounding area

*Omihachiman City Hall *Omihachiman Cultural Center *Omihachima Municipal Medical Center *Shiga Hachiman Hospital *Omihachiman Chamber of Commerce *Shiga Prefectural Hachiman High School *Shiga Prefectural Hachiman Commercial High School *Omihachiman City Kirihara Higashi Elementary School

References

External links

JR West official home page
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1889 Tōkaidō Main Line Railway stations in Shiga Prefecture Ōmihachiman, Shiga {{Shiga-railstation-stub