is a passenger
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
located in the city of
Konan
Konan may refer to:
* Conan (disambiguation), a name spelt "Konan" in the Breton language
* ''Kɔnan'', a male given name in a number of Akan cultures, chiefly the Baoulé people, for whom it is typically given to any male born on a Wednesday (''ml ...
,
Shiga Prefecture
is a landlocked prefecture of Japan in the Kansai region of Honshu. Shiga Prefecture has a population of 1,398,972 as of 1 February 2025 and has a geographic area of . Shiga Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the north, Gifu Prefecture to th ...
, 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, ...
(JR West).
Lines
Kōsei Station is served by the
Kusatsu Line
The is a railway line in western Japan operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It connects Tsuge on the Kansai Main Line with Kusatsu on the Biwako Line (Tōkaidō Main Line).
Overview
Kusatsu line mainly runs through area around ...
, and is 24.3 kilometers from the starting point of the line at .
Station layout
The station consists of a single
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, ...
serving one bi-directional track, with an elevated station building. The station his attended
Platforms
History
Kōsei Station was opened on October 1, 1981 as a passenger station on the
Japan National Railway
The , abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987.
Network Railways
As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...
(JNR). The station became part of the West Japan Railway Company on April 1, 1987 due to the privatization and dissolution of the JNR.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2318 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
Surrounding area
* Konan City Hall East Office
* Konan Municipal Kosai Junior High School
* Konan Central Fire Department
See also
*
List of railway stations in Japan
References
External links
JR West official home page
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Railway stations in Shiga Prefecture
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1981
Konan, Shiga