is a train station

Train station

A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...

 in Hikone

Hikone, Shiga

is a city located in Shiga, Japan. The city was incorporated on February 11, 1937.Hikone's most famous historical site is Hikone Castle. Its construction was begun in 1603, by Ii Naokatsu, son of the former lord, Ii Naomasa, but was not completed until 1622...

, Shiga

Shiga Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan, which forms part of the Kansai region on Honshu Island. The capital is the city of Ōtsu.- History :Shiga was known as Ōmi Province or Gōshū before the prefectural system was established...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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Lines

• West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
  West Japan Railway Company
  , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group companies and operates in western Honshū. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka.-History:...
  
  
  • Tōkaidō Main Line
    Tokaido Main Line
    The is the busiest trunk line of the Japan Railways Group , connecting Tōkyō and Kōbe stations. It is long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities...
    
     (Biwako Line)
• Ohmi Railway
  Ohmi Railway
  is a Japanese private railway company which operates in Shiga Prefecture, and a member of the Seibu group since 1943. The company is named after the Ōmi Province, the former name of the present-day Shiga. The railway is nicknamed by local users because of its noisy sound.- History :Ohmi Railway is...
  
  
  • Main Line
    Ohmi Railway Main Line
    The is a regional railway line in Shiga Prefecture operated by Ohmi Railway. It connects the cities of Maibara and Koka. It is running parallel with the Tōkaidō Shinkansen between Takamiya and Gokasho.The line is long, stretching from Maibara to Kibukawa...
    
    

History

The Tōkaidō Main Line station opened on July 1, 1889 when the railway between Sekigahara Station and Baba Station (now Zeze Station

Zeze Station

is a train station in Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan. The station is on the Biwako Line of West Japan Railway Company . In front of Zeze Station is on the Ishiyama-Sakamoto Line of Keihan Electric Railway...

) began operation. The Ohmi Railway opened on June 11, 1898.

Layout

The JR Station has two platforms serving two tracks. Both platforms are connected to the ticket gate on the brige over the tracks. The east end of the bridge, on the ground, is the Ohmi Railway station.

Stations next to Hikone