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 Higashiōmi, Shiga, Japan, operated by the

West Japan Railway Company , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and ...

(JR West).

Lines

Notogawa Station is served by the

Biwako Line The is the nickname used by the operator of the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) to refer to the portion of the Tōkaidō Main Line (between Maibara Station and Kyoto Station) and the Hokuriku Main Line (between Maibara Station and Nagahama ...

portion of the

Tōkaidō Main Line The is a major Japanese railway line of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) network, connecting and stations. It is long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities. The high-speed Tōkaidō Shinkansen largely parallel ...

, and is 19.8 kilometers from and 465.7 kilometers from .

Station layout

The station consists of one

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

and one

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

connected by an elevated station building. The station is staffed.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on July 1, 1889, when the railway between and Baba (now ) opened.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 7201 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Higashiomi City Hall Notogawa Branch (formerly Notogawa Town Hall) *Higashiomi City Notogawa Library *Higashiomi City Notogawa Museum *Notogawa Sports Center *Hayashi Central Park *Higashiomi City Notogawa Junior High School

References

External links

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