is a passenger

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located in the city of

Hikone, Shiga is a city located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 111,958 in 49,066 households and a population density of 570 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Hikone is located in central Shi ...

, 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

Inae Station is served by the

Biwako Line The is the nickname used by the operator of the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) to refer to the portion of the Tōkaidō Main Line (between Maibara Station and Kyoto Station) and the Hokuriku Main Line (between Maibara Station and Nagaham ...

portion of the

Tōkaidō Main Line The Tōkaidō Main Line () is one of the most important railway corridors in Japan, connecting the major cities of Tokyo and Kobe via Shizuoka (city), Shizuoka, Nagoya, Kyoto and Osaka. The line, with termini at Tokyo Station, Tokyo and Kōbe St ...

, and is 16.1 kilometers from and 462.0 kilometers from .

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, ...

s connected by an elevated station building. The station building is attended.

Platform

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on 1 July 1920 as a station on the

Japanese Government Railway The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) was the national railway system directly operated by the until 1949. It was a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the later Japan Railways Group. Name The English name "Japanese Government Rail ...

(JGR) Tōkaidō Line, which became the

Japan National Railways 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) after World War II. The station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) on 1 April 1987 due to the privatization of JNR. A new station building was completed in 2014. Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Inae being assigned station number JR-A16.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2559 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Seisen University / Seisen College Junior College

References

External links

JR West official home page
{{Biwako Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1920 Railway stations in Shiga Prefecture Tōkaidō Main Line Hikone, Shiga