Ohmi Railway

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Ohmi Railway 220 series train at Taga Taisha-mae Station
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Ohmi Railway bus at Kusatsu

Ohmi Railway Co., Ltd. (近江鉄道株式会社, Ōmi Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese private railway company which operates in Shiga Prefecture, and a member of the Seibu group since 1943. The company is named after the Ōmi Province, the former name of the present-day Shiga. The railway is nicknamed "Gachakon train" (ガチャコン電車, Gachakon densha) by local users because of its noisy sound. [1]

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History

Ohmi Railway is the longest private railway company in Shiga. The company was founded in 1896 and started train services from Hikone to Echigawa in 1898. The company was a subsidiary of Ujigawa Electric (宇治川電気, Ujigawa Denki) from 1926 to 1942. In 1944, the company absorbed the Yōkaichi Railway (八日市鉄道, Yōkaichi Tetsudō), now the Yokaichi Line.

Lines

Ohmi Railway consists of three lines: the Main Line, and two branch lines, the Yōkaichi Line and the Taga Line.

The Main Line connects with the Tōkaidō Main Line (Biwako Line), the Hokuriku Main Line and the Tōkaidō Shinkansen at Maibara, the Biwako Line at Hikone, and the Kusatsu Line and the Shigaraki Kōgen Railway at Kibukawa. The Yōkaichi Line connects with the Biwako Line at Ōmi-Hachiman.

LineSectionLength (km) [2] Stations [2] Date opened [3]
Main Line Maibara - Kibukawa 47.725June 11, 1898
Yōkaichi Line Yōkaichi - Ōmi-Hachiman 9.36December 29, 1913
Taga Line Takamiya - Taga Taisha-mae 2.53March 8, 1914
Total59.534

At first, the Main Line was planned to connect Hikone and Fukawa (now Kōnan) and run through to Ujiyamada. The Yōkaichi Line had a 2.8 km branch line from Shin-Yōkaichi to Misono between 1930 and 1964. [3]

Other services

The company also operates bus lines, [4] taxis, [5] Hachimanyama Ropeway, [6] Shizugatake Lift, [7] ships of Lake Biwa, [8] a tour operator, [9] an onsen hotel, [10] two expressway service areas, [11] [12] a campsite, [13] a driving school [14] and parks [15] in Shiga.

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The Ohmi Railway Yōkaichi Line is a regional railway line in Shiga Prefecture operated by Ohmi Railway.

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The Ohmi Railway Taga Line is a regional railway line in Shiga Prefecture operated by Ohmi Railway. It connects Hikone city and Taga town.

Hikone Station Railway station in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Hikone Station is an interchange passenger railway station located in the city of Hikone, Shiga, Japan. It is operated jointly by the West Japan Railway Company and the private railway operator Ohmi Railway/

Notogawa Station Railway station in Higashiōmi, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Notogawa Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Higashiōmi, Shiga, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company.

Ōmi-Hachiman Station Railway station in Ōmihachiman, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Ōmi-Hachiman Station is an interchange passenger railway station located in the city of Ōmihachiman, Shiga, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company and the private railway operator Ohmi Railway.

Yōkaichi Station Railway station in Higashiōmi, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Yōkaichi Station is a passenger junction railway station located in the city of Higashiōmi, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It is the main station in Higashiōmi city and one of the most important stations of Ohmi railway.

Shin-Yōkaichi Station Railway station in Higashiōmi, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Shin-Yōkaichi Station is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Higashiōmi, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Ohmi Railway.

Tarōbōgū-mae Station Railway station in Higashiōmi, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Tarōbōgūmae Station is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Higashiōmi, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Ohmi Railway. Although Ohmi Railway uses the name Tarōbōgū-mae with long sound for the first "o" on its web page,

Ichinobe Station Railway station in Higashiōmi, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Ichinobe Station is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Higashiōmi, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Ohmi Railway.

Hirata Station (Shiga) Railway station in Higashiōmi, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Hirata Station is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Higashiōmi, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Ohmi Railway.

Toriimoto Station Railway station in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Toriimoto Station is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Ohmi Railway.

Kawabe-no-mori Station Railway station in Higashiōmi, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Kawabe-no-mori Station is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Higashiōmi, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Ohmi Railway.

Daigaku-mae Station (Shiga) Railway station in Higashiōmi, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Daigaku-mae Station is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Higashiōmi, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Ohmi Railway. It is the station of Biwako Gakuin University.

Screen Station Railway station in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Screen Station 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.

Ōmi-Nagaoka Station Railway station in Maibara, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Ōmi-Nagaoka Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Maibara, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Central Japan Railway Company. It is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company.

References

  1. ↑ Masatoki, Minami (2009-06-19). ガチャコン電車で琵琶湖への旅 滋賀県・米原 - 近江八幡間 [Trip to Lake Biwa with Gachakon train between Maibara and Ōmi-Hachiman, Shiga] (in Japanese). Nikkei Business Publications. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
  2. 1 2 Ohmi Railway Corporation. 会社概要-近江鉄道グループ (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
  3. 1 2 Keisuke Imao, ed. (2008-12-18). 日本鉄道旅行地図帳 8号関西1 [Railway Atlas of Japan 8 Kansai 1] (in Japanese). Shinchosha. pp. 43–44. ISBN   978-4-10-790026-5.
  4. ↑ Ohmi Railway Corporation. 近江鉄道バス・湖国バス (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-09-12.
  5. ↑ Ohmi Railway Corporation. 近江タクシー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-10-26.
  6. ↑ Ohmi Railway Corporation. 八幡山ロープウェー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-10-26.
  7. ↑ Ohmi Railway Corporation. 賤ケ岳リフト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-10-26.
  8. ↑ Ohmi Railway Corporation. 琵琶湖観光船 オーミマリン (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-10-26.
  9. ↑ Ohmi Railway Corporation. オーミグリーンツアー (近江トラベル株式会社) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-10-26.
  10. ↑ Ohmi Railway Corporation. 国民宿舎かもしか荘 (かもしか温泉) (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2010-11-20. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
  11. ↑ Ohmi Railway Corporation. 賤ヶ岳サービスエリア (下り線) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-10-26.
  12. ↑ Ohmi Railway Corporation. 新名神高速道路 土山サービスエリア (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-10-26.
  13. ↑ Ohmi Railway Corporation. 鈴鹿キャンプ場 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2010-05-04. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
  14. ↑ Ohmi Railway Corporation. まの自動車教習所 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-10-26.
  15. ↑ Ohmi Railway Corporation. 近江鉄道ゆうグループ (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2010-10-08. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
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