Toyosato Station (Shiga)

Toyosato Station 豊郷駅
Toyosato Station, October 2006
General information
Location	Hachime, Toyosato-chō, Inukami-gun, Shiga-ken 529-1168 Japan
Coordinates	35°11′52″N 136°13′51″E
Operated by	Ohmi Railway
Line(s)	■ Ohmi Railway Main Line
Distance	15.0 km from Maibara
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Station code	OR11
Website	Official website
History
Opened	March 19, 1899
Passengers
FY2015	215 daily
Location Toyosato Station Location within Shiga Prefecture Show map of Shiga Prefecture Toyosato Station Toyosato Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Platform of Toyosato Station

Toyosato Station (豊郷駅, Toyosato-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the town of Toyosato, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Ohmi Railway.

Lines

Toyosato Station is served by the Ohmi Railway Main Line, and is located 15.0 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Maibara Station.^[1]

Station layout

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

Platforms

opposite side	■ Main Line	for Hikone and Maibara
station side	■ Main Line	for Yokaichi, Kibukawa and Ōmi-Hachiman

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Ohmi Railway Main Line
Amago		Local		Echigawa
Rapid: Does not stop at this station

History

Toyosato Station was opened as a temporary stop on March 19, 1899 on land donated by local magnate Itō Chūbei. A station building was completed on April 14, 1906 and the station raised to a passenger station on the Ohmi Railway. Cargo handling was abolished in October 1972. The station building was reconstructed in 1996.

Surroundings

• Toyosato Town Hall
• Toyosato Elementary School, known for being used in the anime K-On!
• Nakasendō
• Tōkaidō Shinkansen

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.

External links

Media related to Toyosato Station (Shiga) at Wikimedia Commons

• Ohmi Railway official site(in Japanese)