Shin-Yōkaichi Station

Shin-Yōkaichi Station 新八日市駅
Shin-Yōkaichi Station, July 2003
General information
Location	2-10 Yōkaichishimizu, Higashiōmi-shi, Shiga-ken 27-0018 Japan
Coordinates	35.1105°N 136.1911°E / 35.1105; 136.1911
Operated by	Ohmi Railway
Line(s)	■ Ohmi Railway Yōkaichi Line
Distance	0.7 km from Yōkaichi
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Station code	OR16
Website	Official website
History
Opened	December 29, 1913
Previous names	Yōkaichiguchi (until 1919)
Passengers
FY2019	501 daily
Location Shin-Yōkaichi Station Location within Shiga Prefecture Show map of Shiga Prefecture Shin-Yōkaichi Station Shin-Yōkaichi Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Shin-Yōkaichi Station (新八日市駅, Shin-Yōkaichi-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Higashiōmi, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Ohmi Railway.

Lines

Shin-Yōkaichi Station is served by the Ohmi Railway Yōkaichi Line, and is located 0.7 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Yōkaichi 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

	■ Yōkaichi Line	for Yōkaichi
	■ Yōkaichi Line	for Omi-Hachiman

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Ohmi Railway Yōkaichi Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Yōkaichi		Local		Tarō Bogū-mae

History

Shin-Yōkaichi Station was opened on December 29, 1913 as Yōkaichiguchi Station (八日市口駅, Yōkaichiguchi-eki) . It was renamed to its present name on July 1, 1919. The station building was built in 1922. The second floor of the station building was once used as the head office of the Konan Railway and Yokaichi Railway, which were the predecessors of the Yokaichi Line.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 501 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surroundings

• Yōkaichi Post Office
• Japan National Route 421

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.
2. 東近江市統計書 令和元年度 7-8 鉄道乗客数 [Higashiomi Statistics (Reiwa 1st Year Edition) Chapter 7-8 Railway Passenger Customers] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Higashiomi city. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

External links

Media related to Shin-Yokaichi Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Ohmi Railway official site (in Japanese)