is a passenger railway station located in the city of Nagahama, Shiga, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Lines

Kinomoto Station is served by the Hokuriku Main Line, and is 22.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .

Kinomoto Station

Station layout

The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected by an elevated station building. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Kinomoto Station

Platform

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on 10 March 1882 on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR). From 1882 to 1964, Kinomoto Station was also the southern terminus of the now-discontinued 26.1 kilometer Yanagase Line to . The station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) on 1 April 1987 due to the privatization of Japan National Railway.

Kinomoto Station

Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Kinomoto being assigned station number JR-A05.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 646 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

site of the Battle of Shizugatake

Nagahama City Office Kinomoto Branch

Shiga Prefectural Ika High School

Nagahama City Kinomoto Junior High School

Nagahama City Kinomoto Elementary Schoo

See also

List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

0541407 JR West official home page

Railway stations in Shiga Prefecture

Railway stations in Japan opened in 1882

Hokuriku Main Line

Nagahama, Shiga