Ōtsukyō Station | |
Native Name: | 大津京駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | 2-8 Ōjigaoka, Ōtsu-shi, Shiga-ken 520-0025 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR West |
Line: | Kosei Line |
Distance: | 5.4 km from |
Platforms: | 2 island platforms |
Connections: | Bus stop |
Structure: | Elevated |
Accessible: | Yes |
Opened: | 20 July 1974 |
Former: | Nishi-Ōtsu (to 2008) |
Passengers: | 9,672 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2019 |
Map Type: | Japan Shiga Prefecture#Japan |
Map Dot Label: | Ōtsukyō Station |
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Ōtsukyō Station is served by the Kosei Line, and is 5.4 kilometers from the starting point of the line at and 10.9 kilometers from .
The station consists of two elevated island platforms with the station building underneath. The station is staffed.
The station opened on July 20, 1974 as on the Japan National Railway (JNR). The station became part of the West Japan Railway Company on April 1, 1987 due to the privatization and dissolution of the JNR. It was renamed to its present name on March 15, 2008.
Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Ōtsukyō being assigned station number JR-B29.[1] [2]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 9,672 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]