Tarōbōgū-mae Station

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".

Tarōbōgūmae Station 太郎坊宮前駅
Tarōbōgūmae Station, July 2003
General information
Location	2-10 Yōkaichishimizu, Higashiōmi-shi, Shiga-ken 27-0018 Japan
Coordinates	35.1084°N 136.1840°E / 35.1084; 136.1840
Operated by	Ohmi Railway
Line(s)	■ Ohmi Railway Yōkaichi Line
Distance	1.3 km from Yōkaichi
Platforms	1 side platform
Other information
Station code	OR17
Website	Official website
History
Opened	December 29, 1913
Previous names	Tarōbō (until 1919)
Passengers
FY2019	501 daily
Location Tarōbōgūmae Station Location within Shiga Prefecture Show map of Shiga Prefecture Tarōbōgūmae Station Tarōbōgūmae Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

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

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 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.
2. 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.
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.

External links

Media related to Tarobogu-mae Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Ohmi Railway official site (in Japanese)