Ōtsu Station

Ōtsu Station 大津駅
North side of Ōtsu Station, August 2010
Location
Prefecture	Shiga (See other stations in Shiga)
City	Ōtsu
Coordinates	35°00′11″N 135°51′54″E / 35.0029682°N 135.8649158°E / 35.0029682; 135.8649158Coordinates: 35°00′11″N 135°51′54″E / 35.0029682°N 135.8649158°E / 35.0029682; 135.8649158
History
Year opened	1921
Rail services
Operator(s)	West Japan Railway Company
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Main Line

Ōtsu Station (大津駅, Ōtsu-eki^?) is a railway station of West Japan Railway Company on its Tōkaidō Main Line (Biwako Line) in Kasuga-cho, Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.

Station layout

Sign on platform, August 2006

It is a ground-level station with two island platforms and 4 tracks. There are two gates on the south and north; the latter is named Biwako Entrance. Each platform is connected with an underpass to the gates by two stairs and an elevator.

Platforms

Platforms and tracks, March 2007

1	■Biwako Line (Outer track, eastbound)	part of special rapid service for Kusatsu and Maibara limited express "Haruka", "Biwako Express" for Kusatsu and Maibara local trains for Kusatsu and Kibukawa (Kusatsu Line) express "Kitaguni" for the Hokuriku region (Toyama, Niigata)
2	■Biwako Line (Inner track, eastbound)	local trains and special rapid service for Kusatsu and Maibara
3	■Biwako Line (Inner track, westbound)	local trains and special rapid service for Kyoto and Osaka
4	■Biwako Line (Outer track, westbound)	part of trains for Kyoto and Osaka express "Kitaguni" and limited express "Biwako Express" for Kyoto and Osaka Kansai Airport limited express "Haruka" for Kansai Airport

The station is situated on the middle of a four-track section. Some Special Rapid Service trains and some Kusatsu Line direct service train in the morning and evening use the outer two tracks (Nos. 1 and 4 for each direction) and other trains use the inner tracks (Nos. 2 and 3).

History

The current station complex was built in 1921 when a new route was introduced to the section between Kyoto Station and Zeze Station.

First station

The first Ōtsu Station was built on July 15, 1880, the site of which is now occupied by Hama-Ōtsu Station of Keihan Electric Railway. Trains from Kobe, Osaka and Kyoto switchedback at Baba Station (present-day Zeze Station) to overcome an elevation difference and entered into Ōtsu Station, the terminal adjacent to a port of the Lake Biwa. The railway with the port station provided joint service with boats on the lake which enabled the transport of passengers and freight between the new capital, Tokyo, and the old capital, Kyoto despite of incompleteness of the railway in the Shiga Prefecture area. This is the first example of the train-boat joint service in Japan. The boats left each port, Ōtsu and Nagahama, 3 times a day and took about 3 hours to cross the lake.

Second station

The boat was, however, not a reliable mean of transportation in comparison with the railway. When the new railway between Baba Station and Sekigahara Station was completed in 1889 so that trains became able to run from Tokyo to Kobe directly, the boat service was discontinued. At this time the railway branch between Baba Station and Ōtsu Station ceased passenger service but was continued as a freight-only line. Later in 1898 passenger service was revived on the branch, which in 1909 was named the Ōtsu Line. In March 1913 Ōtsu Densha Kidō tramway started operation using a part of the track of the Ōtsu Line and the passenger service on the line was again discontinued. In June 1913, Baba Station was renamed Ōtsu Station and the first Ōtsu Station was renamed Hama-Ōtsu Station.

Third (present) station

When the new route through Shin-Ōsakayama Tunnel was built between the second Ōtsu Station and Kyoto Station on August 1, 1921, the third and current Ōtsu Station was built on the new route and the name of the second station was moved back to Baba Station.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tokaido Main Line (Biwako Line)
Ishiyama		Special Rapid Service		Yamashina
Zeze		Local		Yamashina

External links

• West Japan Railway Company Ōtsu Station（JRおでかけネット 大津駅） (Japanese)

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