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Screen Station

Railway station in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

35°14′00″N 136°16′02″E / 35.233213°N 136.267253°E / 35.233213; 136.267253Operated by

Ohmi RailwayLine(s)■ Ohmi Railway Taga LineDistance0.8 km from TakamiyaPlatforms1 side platformOther informationStation codeOR08WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened15 March 2008PassengersFY2019634 daily (boarding passengers only)

Location
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Screen Station (スクリーン駅, Sukurīn-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Ohmi Railway. The station was named after Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd., whose Hikone office the station serves.

Lines

Screen Station is a station of the Ohmi Railway Taga Line, and is located 0.8 rail kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at Takamiya Station.^[1]

Station layout

The station consists of a single platform serving one track.. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Ohmi Railway Taga Line
Takamiya		Local		Taga Taisha-mae

History

Construction started on 5 December 2007,^[2] and the station opened on 15 March 2008.^[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 634 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[4]

Surrounding area

Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd., Hikone office
Bridgestone Hikone factory

References

^ Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
^ Press release: 彦根地区事業所に近江鉄道「スクリーン」駅を設置 (5 December 2009). Retrieved on 23 February 2009. (in Japanese)
^ The Kyoto Shimbun Web News: 新駅「スクリーン駅」が完成近江鉄道多賀線、１５日開業(14 March 2008). Retrieved on 23 February 2009. (in Japanese)
^ 彦根市統計（令和2年版）第10章運輸および通信 [Hikone City Statistics (Reiwa 2nd Year Edition) Chapter 10 Transportation and Communications] (in Japanese). Japan: Hikone City. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.