is a passenger

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

located in the city of Takashima,

Shiga Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan in the Kansai region of Honshu. Shiga Prefecture has a population of 1,398,972 as of 1 February 2025 and has a geographic area of . Shiga Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the north, Gifu Prefecture to th ...

, Japan, operated by the

West Japan Railway Company , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, ...

(JR West).

Lines

Adogawa Station is served by the

Kosei Line The is a commuter rail line in Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto, Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The line was completed in 1974 by the former Japanese National Railways (JNR) to provide faster access from t ...

, and is from the starting point of the line at and from .

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed elevated

island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

s with the station building underneath. The station is staffed.

Platforms

History

The station opened on 20 July 1974 as a station on the

Japan National Railway The , abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...

(JNR). The station became part of the West Japan Railway Company on 1 April 1987 due to the privatization and dissolution of the JNR. Station numbering was introduced in March 2018, and Adogawa was assigned station number JR-B16.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1596 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* Shiga Prefectural Azumigawa High School *Takashima City Office Adogawa Branch *Takashima City Azumi Elementary School *Takashima City Azumigawa Junior High School

References

External links

JR West official home page
Railway stations in Shiga Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1974 Kosei Line Takashima, Shiga {{Shiga-railstation-stub