Echigawa Station

35°10′34″N 136°12′48″E / 35.1762°N 136.2133°E / 35.1762; 136.2133Operated by Ohmi RailwayLine(s)■ Ohmi Railway Main Line Distance17.9 km from MaibaraPlatforms2 side platformsOther informationStation codeOR12WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpenedJune 11, 1898PassengersFY2015593 daily

Location
Echigawa Station Location within Shiga Prefecture Show map of Shiga Prefecture Echigawa Station Echigawa Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Echigawa Station (愛知川駅, Echigawa-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the town of Aishō, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Ohmi Railway.

Echigawa Station is served by the Ohmi Railway Main Line, and is located 17.9 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Maibara Station.^[1]

The station consists of two unnumbered side platforms connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station building also serves as the local community center, and is unattended.

	■ Main Line	for Yokaichi, Kibukawa and Ōmi-Hachiman
	■ Main Line	for Hikone and Maibara

«		Service	»
Ohmi Railway Main Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Toyosato		Local		Gokashō

Echigawa Station was opened on June 11, 1898. The station building was reconstructed in 2000.

• Aishō Town Hall
• Aishō Municipal Eichigawa Library
• Aishō Municipal Aishō Junior High School
• Shiga Prefectural Echi High School
• Nakasendō Echigawa-juku
• Tōkaidō Shinkansen

• List of railway stations in Japan

Media related to Echigawa Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Ohmi Railway official site (in Japanese)