Ogoto-onsen Station | |
Native Name: | おごと温泉駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | 1-4 Ogotokita, Ōtsu-shi, Shiga-ken 520-0107 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 35.0972°N 135.895°W |
Operator: | JR West |
Line: | Kosei Line |
Distance: | 14.5 km from |
Platforms: | 2 island platforms |
Tracks: | 4 |
Connections: | Bus terminal |
Structure: | Elevated |
Accessible: | Yes |
Opened: | 20 July 1974 |
Former: | Ogoto (to 2008) |
Passengers: | 6,313 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Shiga Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Ogoto-onsen Station |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Ogoto-onsen Station is served by the Kosei Line, and is 14.5km (09miles) from the starting point of the line at and 20km (10miles) from .
The station consists of two elevated island platforms with the station building underneath. The station is staffed.
The station opened on 20 July 1974 as on the Japan National Railway (JNR). The station became part of the West Japan Railway Company on 1 April 1987 due to the privatization and dissolution of the JNR. The station name was renamed to the present name on 15 March 2008.[1]
Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Ogoto-onsen being assigned station number JR-B26.[2] [3]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 6,313 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]