is a passenger

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in located in the city of Hikone,

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 private railway operator

Ohmi Railway is a Japanese private railway company which operates in Shiga Prefecture, and a member of the Seibu group since 1943. The company is named after the Ōmi Province, the former name of the present-day Shiga. The railway is nicknamed by local users ...

. The station was named after

Dainippon Screen is a Japanese semiconductor and electronics company, headquartered in Kyoto, engaged in the manufacture and sale of equipment for the manufacturing of semiconductors, flat panel displays, storage media (such as optical discs) and precision ...

Mfg. Co., Ltd., whose Hikone office the station serves.

Lines

Screen Station is a station of the Ohmi Railway Taga Line, and is located 0.8 rail kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at Takamiya Station.

Station layout

The station consists of a single platform serving one track.. The station is unattended.

History

Construction started on 5 December 2007, and the station opened on 15 March 2008.The Kyoto Shimbun Web News
新駅「スクリーン駅」が完成近江鉄道多賀線、15日開業(14 March 2008)
Retrieved on 23 February 2009.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 634 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Adjacent stations

Surrounding area

Mfg. Co., Ltd., Hikone office *

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Hikone factory

References

External links

Ohmi Railway official site
Railway stations in Japan opened in 2008 Railway stations in Shiga Prefecture Hikone, Shiga {{Shiga-railstation-stub