Tehara_Station
Tehara Station
Railway station in Ritto, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Tehara Station (手原駅, Tehara-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Rittō, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Tehara Station 手原駅 | |||||||||||
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 Tehara Station in October 2006 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 3-1 Tegara, Rittō-shi, Shiga-ken 520-3047 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°1′38.45″N 135°59′57.25″E | ||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR West | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | C Kusatsu Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 32.7 km from Tsuge | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | November 5, 1922 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY2019 | 3069 daily | ||||||||||
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Tehara Station is served by the Kusatsu Line, and is 32.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Tsuge.
The station consists of two opposed side platforms connected by an elevated station building. The station is staffed.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Kusatsu Line | for Kibukawa and Tsuge |
| 2 | ■ Kusatsu Line | for Kusatsu and Kyoto |
Tehara Station opened on November 5, 1922 as a station on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR), which subsequently became the Japan National Railway (JNR) . The station became part of the West Japan Railway Company on April 1, 1987 due to the privatization and dissolution of the JNR.
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 3069 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
- Ritto City Hall
- Shiga Prefectural Ritto High School
- 令和元年滋賀県統計書 [Shiga Prefecture Statistics (Reiwa 1st Year Edition)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Shiga Prefecture. 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
