is a train station

Train station

A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...

 in Ōmihachiman

Omihachiman, Shiga

is a city in Shiga Prefecture, Japan.The city was founded on March 31, 1954. In the quinquennial census of 2010, it had a population of 81,730...

, Shiga

Shiga Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan, which forms part of the Kansai region on Honshu Island. The capital is the city of Ōtsu.- History :Shiga was known as Ōmi Province or Gōshū before the prefectural system was established...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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• West Japan Railway Company
  West Japan Railway Company
  , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group companies and operates in western Honshū. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka.-History:...
  
   (JR West)
  • Biwako Line (Tōkaidō Main Line)
• Ohmi Railway
  Ohmi Railway
  is a Japanese private railway company which operates in Shiga Prefecture, and a member of the Seibu group since 1943. The company is named after the Ōmi Province, the former name of the present-day Shiga. The railway is nicknamed by local users because of its noisy sound.- History :Ohmi Railway is...
  
  
  • Yōkaichi Line
    Ohmi Railway Yokaichi Line
    The is a regional railway line in Shiga Prefecture operated by Ohmi Railway.The line is 9.3 km long, connecting Yōkaichi on the Main Line in Higashiōmi to Ōmi-Hachiman on the JR West Biwako Line in Omihachiman....
    
    

History

The Tōkaidō Main Line station opened on July 1, 1889 when the railway between Sekigahara Station and Baba Station (now Zeze Station

Zeze Station

is a train station in Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan. The station is on the Biwako Line of West Japan Railway Company . In front of Zeze Station is on the Ishiyama-Sakamoto Line of Keihan Electric Railway...

) began operation. The station was originally named Hachiman; on March 11, 1919 the prefix Ōmi was added. The Ohmi Railway station opened on December 29, 1913 as Shin-Hachiman Station of the Konan Railway.

Layout

The JR station has two platforms serving three tracks, parallel to which the Ohmi Railway has a platform.

Stations next to Ōmi-Hachiman