is a passenger

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

located in the city of Takashima,

Shiga Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Shiga Prefecture has a population of 1,412,916 (1 October 2015) and has a geographic area of . Shiga Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the north, Gifu Prefecture to the nort ...

, Japan, operated by the

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(JR West). As a key station of the Kosei Line, the station has a yard on its south side.

Lines

Ōmi-Imazu Station is served by the

Kosei Line The is a commuter rail line in Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The line was completed in 1974 by the former Japanese National Railways (JNR) to provide faster access from the Kansai region t ...

, and is from the starting point of the line at and from . Previously most of the ''Special Rapid Service'' trains from the

JR Kyoto Line The is a commuter rail line in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The name applies to the section of the Tōkaidō Main Line between Kyōto Station and Ōsaka Station. The Kyoto ...

turned at this station until 2006 when most ''Special Rapid Service'' trains were extended to

Tsuruga Station is a railway station in the city of Tsuruga, Fukui, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It is served by the Hokuriku Main Line and the Obama Line. A freight-only branch Line known as the Tsuruga Port Line operated by JR Frei ...

. As of 2011, there is one such train in the morning that terminates at the station. The extension of the services to the north section required coupling and releasing of cars at this station since platforms of

Ōmi-Shiotsu Station 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 Ōmi-Shiotsu Station is served by the Biwako L ...

and beyond can only handle 4-car trains. In order to facilitate these works, a signal was newly added to the track 2 of the station.

Station layout

The station is elevated with two elevated island platforms each capable of serving 12-car trains, as well as sidetracks for passing trains. The station provides the on-line ticket reservation service. While automatic ticket gates have not been installed,

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and other IC cards can be processed via a stand alone machine without the need to present to a staff member. Regular tickets will need to be processed by the staffed window; during rush hour times, an additional staff member is located outside the window to process tickets quickly.

Platforms

Adjacent Stations

History

The station opened on 20 July 1974 as a station on the

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(JNR). The station became part of the West Japan Railway Company on 1 April 1987 due to the privatization and dissolution of the JNR. Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Ōmi-Imazu being assigned station number JR-B14.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1989 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* Imazu Port * Imazu Vories Museum * Imazu Church * Otsu Family Court Takashima Branch Office * Takashima Summary Court * Takashima City Hall (formerly Imazu Cultural Arts Hall)

References

External links

Railway stations in Shiga Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1974 Kosei Line Takashima, Shiga {{Shiga-railstation-stub