is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keihan Electric Railway. It is located adjacent to the JR West Zeze Station, but the two stations are not physically connected and there is no interchange between stations.

Lines

Keihan Zeze Station is a station of the Ishiyama Sakamoto Line, and is 4.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed unnumbered side platforms connected by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

Keihan Zeze Station was opened on March 1, 1913 as . At the time, the current JR West Zeze Station was called "Ōtsu Station", so this station was sometimes referred to as . The station was renamed on August 20, 1937. It was renamed to its present name on April 1, 1953.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 2762 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

Gichū-ji is a Tendai Buddhist temple in the Baba neighborhood of the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Its ''honzon'' is a statue of Shō-Kannon Bosatsu. It contains the grave of the late Heian period warlord Kiso Yoshinaka and the Edo period po ...

, National Historic Site *Shiga Prefectural Otsu High School *Otsu Municipal Hirano Elementary School

References

External links

Keihan official home page
Railway stations in Shiga Prefecture Stations of Keihan Electric Railway Railway stations in Japan opened in 1913 Railway stations in Ōtsu {{Shiga-railstation-stub