is a funicular railway station located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Hieizan Railway.

Lines

Cable Sakamoto Station is the lower terminus of the Sakamoto Cable, and is 2.0 kilometers from the upper terminus of the line at . It is the longest cable-car route in Japan at 2,025 meters.

Station layout

The station consists of a single

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, and when it is crowded, the doors on both sides of the train may be opened to drop passengers. The track has a slope of 160 ‰, but the platform is not a slope but a gentle staircase. The station building was built in 1925 and is a two-story Western-style structure with a ticket office, a waiting room, and a crew waiting room on the first floor and offices on the second floor. The station building received protection by the national government as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2017.

Adjacent stations

History

Cable Sakamoto Station was opened on March 15, 1927, as . Operation were suspended from March 19, 1945, to Augusts 7, 1946. The station was renamed January 15, 1974.

Surrounding area

* Hiyoshi Taisha

References

External links

Sakamoto Cable official home page
Railway stations in Shiga Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1927 Railway stations in Ōtsu Registered Tangible Cultural Properties {{Shiga-railstation-stub