Motateyama Station | |
Native Name: | もたて山駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Sakamotohonmachi, Ōtsu-shi, Shiga-ken 520-0116 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | Hieizan Railway] |
Line: | Sakamoto Cable |
Distance: | 1.7 km from |
Platforms: | 1 side platform |
Opened: | 1949 |
Former: | Motateyama Yuenchi eki (to 1974) |
Map Type: | Japan Shiga Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Motateyama Station |
is a funicular railway station located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Hieizan Railway.
It was opened as a way to access nearby campground (the former site of the Ohka launch pad). The campground has since closed.
Motateyama Station is a station of the Sakamoto Cable, and is 1.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at . The train will stop only when it is notified in advance or when there is a call from the telephone installed at the station, and it usually passes.
The station consists of a single wooden side platform with no station building. There is a slope of 333 ‰ in the vicinity, but the platform is not stepped, and only non-slip cross timbers are struck on the board, which is slippery when wet. In the middle of the platform, there is a small shed and a bench that can seat 2 to 3 people.
Motateyama Station was opened in 1949 as . It was renamed January 15. 1974.