Hieizan Sakamoto Station | |
Native Name: | 比叡山坂本駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | 13-31-47 Sakamoto, Ōtsu-shi, Shiga-ken 520-0113 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR West |
Line: | Kosei Line |
Distance: | 11.1 km from |
Platforms: | 1 island platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Structure: | Elevated |
Accessible: | Yes |
Opened: | 20 July 1974 |
Passengers: | 5,630 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Shiga Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Hieizan Sakamoto Station |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Hieizan Sakamoto Station is served by the Kosei Line, and is 11.1km (06.9miles) from the starting point of the line at and 16.6km (10.3miles) from .
The station consists of one 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's name was changed to its current name on 4 September 1994. Hieizan and Eizan both refer to Mount Hiei, about 4km (02miles) west of the station.
Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Hieizan Sakamoto being assigned station number JR-B27.[1] [2]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 5,630 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]