Ohmi Railway

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History

An image of Ohmi Railway Headquarter
Ohmi Railway Headquarters

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 Script error: No such module "Nihongo". from 1926 to 1942. In 1944, the company absorbed the Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., 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.

Name Termini Opened[2] Length[3] Stations[3]
Main Line Template:STN Template:STN 11 June 1898 Script error: No such module "convert". 25
Yōkaichi Line Template:STN Template:STN 29 December 1913 Script error: No such module "convert". 7
Taga Line Template:STN Template:STN 8 March 1914 Script error: No such module "convert". 3
Total Script error: No such module "convert". 33

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.[2]

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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