Zeze Station

Zeze Station
膳所駅

Concourse of JR Zeze Station
Location ÅŒtsu, Shiga
Japan
Operated by JR West
Line(s) Biwako Line
Connections Keihan Ishiyama Sakamoto Line (Keihan Zeze Station)
History
Opened 1880
Previous names Baba (until 1913); ÅŒtsu (until 1921)
Zeze Station
Keihan Zeze Station

Zeze Station (膳所駅 Zeze-eki) is a railway station in Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan. The station is on the Biwako Line (Tōkaidō Main Line) of West Japan Railway Company (JR West). In front of Zeze Station is Keihan Zeze Station (京阪膳所駅 Keihan Zeze-eki) on the Ishiyama-Sakamoto Line of Keihan Electric Railway. This article covers both stations.

Lines

Layout

West Japan Railway Company Biwako Line (Zeze Station)

  1. Kusatsu Line for Kusatsu and Kibukawa
  2. Biwako Line for Kusatsu and Maibara
  3. Biwako Line for Kyoto and Osaka
  4. Biwako Line for Kyoto and Osaka (partly)

Ishiyama Sakamoto Line (Keihan Zeze Station)

History

This JR station opened as Baba Station when the railway extended from Kyoto to the lakeside port of Ōtsu on July 15, 1880. At this time, the stations en route were (from Ōtsu) Ishiba, Baba, Yamashina, Ōtani and Inari. When the last section of the Tōkaidō railway completed on July 1, 1889, the railway from the east connected at Baba, leaving the branch between Baba and Ōtsu. On June 1, 1913, Ōtsu Station and Baba Station were renamed as Hamaōtsu and Ōtsu. On August 1, 1921, the new route between Ōtsu and Kyoto was opened. New Ōtsu Station and Yamashina Station opened en route and the former Ōtsu Station became a freight terminal named Zeze. Zeze Station resumed passenger services on September 15, 1934.[1]

Stations next to Zeze

« Service »
West Japan Railway Company Biwako Line
Special Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Ishiyama   Local   ÅŒtsu
Keihan Ishiyama Sakamoto Line
Nishiki - Ishiba

References

  1. ↑ Ishino, Tetsu et al. (eds.) (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JRç·¨ [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese) II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. pp. 33, 54, 55. ISBN 4533029809.

Coordinates: 34°59′57.52″N 135°52′50.01″E / 34.9993111°N 135.8805583°E / 34.9993111; 135.8805583

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