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Tarōbōgū-mae Station

Railway station in Higashiōmi, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

35°06′30″N 136°11′02″E / 35.1084°N 136.1840°E / 35.1084; 136.1840Operated by

Ohmi RailwayLine(s)■ Ohmi Railway Yōkaichi Line Distance1.3 km from YōkaichiPlatforms1 side platformOther informationStation codeOR17WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpenedDecember 29, 1913Previous namesTarōbō (until 1919)PassengersFY2019501 daily

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

Tarōbōgūmae Station (太郎坊宮前駅, Tarōbōgūmae-eki) 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 did use the name Tarōbōgū-mae with long sound for the first "o" on its web page,^[1] as of 2024 it does use the name Tarobōgū-mae with a short sound for the first "o".

Lines

Tarōbōgūmae Station is served by the Ohmi Railway Yōkaichi Line, and is located 1.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Yōkaichi Station.^[2]

Station layout

The station consists of one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

Platforms

■ Yōkaichi Line

for Yōkaichi
for Omi-Hachiman

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Ohmi Railway Yōkaichi Line
Rapid: Does not stop at this station
Shin-Yōkaichi	Local	Ichinobe

History

Tarōbōgūmae Station was opened on December 29, 1913 as Tarōbō Station (太郎坊駅, Tarōbō-eki) . It was renamed to its present name on April 1, 1998.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 415 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[3]

Surroundings

Agata Jinja (Tarōbōgū)
Japan National Route 421

References

^ 太郎坊宮前駅-たろうぼうぐうまええき-. Ohmi Railway (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2007-10-23.
^ 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.
^ 東近江市統計書令和元年度 7-8 鉄道乗客数 [Higashiomi Statistics (Reiwa 1st Year Edition) Chapter 7-8 Railway Passenger Customers] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Higashiomi city. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.