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Keihan-otsukyo Station (京阪大津京駅, Keihan-Ōtsukyō-eki)is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Keihan Electric Railway. The station is located underneath the elevated tracks of the Kosei Line of West Japan Railway Company, and passenger interchange is possible with JR West Ōtsukyō Station, although the stations are not physically connected.




Lines


Keihan-otsukyo Station is a station of the Ishiyama Sakamoto Line, and is 8.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ishiyamadera.




Station layout


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




Platforms






Adjacent stations






History


The station opened on March 1, 1946 as Ōjiyama Station (皇子山駅, Ōjiyama-eki). The station was constructed at the middle position of two closed stations: Yamagami Station (山上駅), suspended on May 15, 1945 and closed upon the opening of Ōjiyama Station, and Sazanami Station (漣駅), closed on August 15, 1944. Due to a road construction project, the station was moved 52 meters north to the present location on March 18, 2006 from the original location.
The station name was changed to Keihan-otsukyo on March 17, 2018.




Passenger statistics


In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 2997 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).




Surrounding area


JR West Ōtsukyō Station
Ōjiyama Sports Park
Biwako Boat Racecourse
Otsu Municipal Prince Yama Junior High School




See also


List of railway stations in Japan




References






External links


Media related to Keihan-Ōtsukyō Station at Wikimedia Commons

Keihan official home page

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• Keihan-otsukyo Station
• Ōtsukyō Station
• Kyōto Station
• Keihan Ishiyama Sakamoto Line
• Yamagami (disambiguation)
• Yamashina Station
• List of railway stations in Japan: K-L
• Ōtsu
• Kosei Line
• Ōmijingūmae Station