Screen Station (スクリーン駅, Sukurīn-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Ohmi Railway. The station was named after Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd., whose Hikone office the station serves.
Screen Station スクリーン駅 | |||||
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 Screen Station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Takamiya-chō, Hikone-shi, Shiga-ken 522-0201 Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 35°14′00″N 136°16′02″E / 35.233213°N 136.267253°E | ||||
| Operated by |  Ohmi Railway | ||||
| Line(s) | ■ Ohmi Railway Taga Line | ||||
| Distance | 0.8 km from Takamiya | ||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | OR08 | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 15 March 2008 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2019 | 634 daily (boarding passengers only) | ||||
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Lines
editScreen Station is a station of the Ohmi Railway Taga Line, and is located 0.8 rail kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at Takamiya Station.[1]
Station layout
editThe station consists of a single platform serving one track.. The station is unattended.
Adjacent stations
edit| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohmi Railway Taga Line | ||||
| Takamiya | Local | Taga Taisha-mae | ||
History
editConstruction started on 5 December 2007,[2] and the station opened on 15 March 2008.[3]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 634 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]
Surrounding area
edit- Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd., Hikone office
- Bridgestone Hikone factory
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Press release: 彦根地区事業所に近江鉄道「スクリーン」駅を設置 (5 December 2009). Retrieved on 23 February 2009. (in Japanese)
- ^ The Kyoto Shimbun Web News: 新駅「スクリーン駅」が完成 近江鉄道多賀線、１５日開業(14 March 2008). Retrieved on 23 February 2009. (in Japanese)
- ^ 彦根市統計（令和2年版） 第10章 運輸および通信 [Hikone City Statistics (Reiwa 2nd Year Edition) Chapter 10 Transportation and Communications] (in Japanese). Japan: Hikone City. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
External links
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Media related to Screen Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Ohmi Railway official site (in Japanese)
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