Tamura Station

Location
	Tamura Station Location within Shiga Prefecture Tamura Station Tamura Station (Japan)

Tamura Station

田村駅
Tamura Station; 田村駅
JR-West regional rail station
	Tamura Station, November 2020
General information
Location	1210 Minami-Sendo Tamura-cho, Nagahama-shi, Shiga-ken 526-0829; Japan
Coordinates	35°21′22.71″N 136°16′54.53″E / 35.3563083°N 136.2818139°E
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	Biwako Line
Distance	4.7 km from Maibara
Platforms	2 side platforms
Construction
Structure type	Ground level
Other information
Station code	JR-A10
Website	Official website
History
Opened	14 October 1931
Closed	1940-1954
Passengers
FY2019	1270 daily
Location
Location
	Tamura Station Location within Shiga Prefecture Tamura Station Tamura Station (Japan)

Tamura Station (田村駅, Tamura-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Nagahama, Shiga, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Lines

Tamura Station is served by the Biwako Line portion of the Hokuriku Main Line, and is 4.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Maibara.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed unnumbered side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is unattended.

Platform

east	■ Biwako Line	for Maibara and Kyoto
west	■ Biwako Line	for Nagahama, Tsuruga

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Biwako Line
Special Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Limited Express "Hida": Does not stop at this station
Sakata	Local	Nagahama

History

The station opened on 14 October 1931 on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) Hokuriku Main Line. The station was closed on 1 November 1940 and reopened as "Sakata Station" on 10 December 1954 under the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) on 1 April 1987 due to the privatization of JNR.

Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Tamura being assigned station number JR-A10.^[1]^[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1270 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[3]

Surrounding area

Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology
Shiga Prefectural Nagahama Dome
Nagahama Science Park
Shiga Prefectural Nagahama Agricultural High School
Shiga Bunkyo Junior College
Nagahama Municipal Hospital

References

^ "近畿エリアの12路線のべ300駅に「駅ナンバー」を導入します！" ["Station numbers" will be introduced at a total of 300 stations on 12 lines in the Kinki area!]. westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
^ "「駅ナンバー」一覧表" ["Station number" list] (PDF). westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
^ 令和元年滋賀県統計書 [Shiga Prefecture Statistics (Reiwa 1st Year Edition)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Shiga Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.