is a passenger

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located in the city of

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Shiga Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Shiga Prefecture has a population of 1,412,916 (1 October 2015) and has a geographic area of . Shiga Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the north, Gifu Prefecture to the north ...

, Japan, operated by the

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(JR West).

Lines

Seta Station is served by the

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portion of the

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, and is 50.7 kilometers from and 496.6 kilometers from .

Station layout

The station consists of two

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

Platforms

History

The route of the Tōkaidō Main Line passed through Seto in 1889, but no station was built in the village. The Ministry of Communications authorized a station to be built in 1900, but despite petitions by local inhabitants,

Ishiyama Station 270px, Ishiyama Station accident, 1930 is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It is also a freight deport for the Japan Freight Railway Company ( ...

was built instead. After half a century, the route of the Tōkaidō Shinkansen was designed to pass through Seta and in 1960 the government asked local residents to permit a land survey and began steps to secure the required land. However, the local residents refused cooperation unless a station was built as per the 1900 authorization. Seta Station opened on 12 August 1969. Station numbering was introduced to the station in March 2018 with Seta being assigned station number JR-A26.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 18,224 passengers (boarding passengers only) in 2019, making it the 26th-busiest station by traffic in the West Japan Railway Company's network.

Surrounding area

*Otsu Municipal Seta Kita Junior High School *Kayano Shrine *Otsu City Setakita Elementary School

References

External links

JR West official home page
{{Biwako Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 1969 Railway stations in Shiga Prefecture Tōkaidō Main Line Railway stations in Ōtsu