Tamura Station - Nagahama

JR West Japan Hokuriku Main Line Unmanned station. Two-sided two-line relative expression home. The homes are connected by an overpass. Impressions used by Nagahama Bio University students.

At that time, the Hokuriku Main Line train had a direct exchange section between Sakata and Maibara, and it was impossible to get an AC electric locomotive at Maibara station. Therefore, diesel locomotives drove passenger cars and freight cars, connecting Tamura and Maibara. With the advent of EF81 AC / DC electric locomotives and the conversion of passenger trains into ordinary trains in the later years, the need for locomotive replacement disappeared and the role of locomotive replacement at Tamura Station was terminated. Since the railroad track where the locomotive was detained was removed, there is a gap between the upper and lower lines, which is a remnant of that time.

A station near Taiko's Nagahama Castle. There is a statue of Hideyoshi Taiko Toyotomi in the robe of Taiko. It was Hideyoshi Hashiba during the Nagahama Castle era. It is located on the site of Nagahama Castle, the hero of Hideyoshi Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the hero who protected the imperial family and protected Japan from the invasion of Christians. There is also the Kunimori Shrine that enshrines Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

You can come from Osaka Station with a single high-speed train, but you can't buy a ticket up to that point with a vending machine. Nevertheless, there is no checkout machine, and it is almost unmanned station, so it will be in a quirky state. Sometimes there is a consignment, but because it is not a JR staff, it is not possible to settle. In addition, since automatic ticket gates only support electronic cards, the mechanism of putting tickets in the post ... Crime promotion is fierce, but there are also cases that have been cleared. Toilets use the facilities of a bicycle parking lot on the other side of the lake. The station building is very old, and it feels very good at the event where SL runs.

Until 1991, there was an AC / DC switching section on the south side of the station, and until 1983, the passenger car freight train was replaced by locomotives at Yonehara to Tamura DE10, and EF70 to the north of Tamura and beyond (using EF81 for the transition period at the end) was doing. The feature was that there was a gap between the upper and lower lines due to the installation of a long platform and a service line. The atmosphere of the station is the same as that of the JNR era, except for the removal of the train line and the opening of the west exit. The university and the Nagahama Dome were made now, but in the past it was a station in the rice field as the name of the station.

JR Hokuriku Main Line station is a local foot. You can see Mt. Ibuki well here. The winter season is covered with white snow, so you can see its beauty on a sunny day.

Tamura Station is a station on the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Hokuriku Main Line, located in Tamura-cho Nansendo, Nagahama City, Shiga Prefecture. The station number is JR-A10. It is included in the nickname section of the "Biwako Line". This station opens temporary ticket gates on an irregular basis. history For details, refer to "Hokuriku Main Line # Maibara Station-Improvement of Transportation Between Tsuruga Station" In 1931 (Showa 6), when the gasoline car service started between Hikone Station on the Tokaido Main Line and Nagahama Station on the Hokuriku Line, it was opened in advance between Hoseiji Station (currently Sakata Station) and the existing stations. It was a new station for pneumatic trains. For this reason, the business has been suspended for a while after the war from the time of the war when diesel railcars could not be operated due to lack of fuel. It became the starting point of AC electrification of the Hokuriku Main Line in 1957 (Showa 32), and the ED70 electric locomotive was towed from this station to Tsuruga station. Maibara Station-The station remains non-electrified, towed by E10 and D50 steam locomotives, and later connected by diesel locomotives. Therefore, the platform was relocated and extended to exchange locomotives at this station, and two locomotive detention lines were set up between the upper and lower lines. Therefore, the position of the passenger platform is still out of alignment, and the layout is staggered. The locomotive detention line is divided into north and south groups, with an AC electric locomotive on the north side and a steam locomotive that connects to Maibara Station on the south side. However, there was no turntable at this station, and the up train was heading to Maibara station with the locomotive in the opposite direction. At the time when the AC electrification from this station to Tsuruga station was carried out, it was an era when ordinary passenger trains were not equipped with automatic doors. The departure time of the express train that stopped at this station for locomotive change was also listed in the commercially available timetable. On the other hand, the limited express "Nihonkai" and "Tsurugi", which used the 20 series that can lock the doors all at once even though they were manual doors, were not treated as customers. In 1962 (Showa 37), the section between Maibara Station and this station was electrified, and a dead section was established to the south of this station. Limited express trains and express trains driven by AC / DC trains and railcars passed through this station, but since there was no new electric locomotive for both AC and DC [2], the SL tow between Yonehara Station and this station remained, and later DD50. Form, then smokeless by DE10 diesel locomotive. The replacement of locomotives at this station was abolished in 1983 (Showa 58) due to the implementation of on-board switching by introducing the EF81 type electric locomotive, which is an AC / DC dual-purpose machine. Therefore, the locomotive detention line was also removed and made into a bus stop. However, the platform and the upper and lower main lines have not been relocated, and the open upper and lower spaces are reminiscent of the past. chronology October 14, 1931-Hoseiji Station (currently Sakata Station) as a station (passenger station) on the Hokuriku Main Line of the Japan National Railways-Opened a new station between Nagahama Station. November 1, 1940-Closed. 1954 (Showa 29) December 10-Business resumed. March 25, 1971-Abolished the handling of luggage. April 1, 1987-Becomes a station of West Japan Railway Company (JR West) due to the privatization of JNR. March 13, 1988-Due to the establishment of the line nickname, the nickname of "Biwako Line" started to be used. September 14, 1991 --- The electrification system between this station and Nagahama station was changed from alternating current to direct current. Along with that, direct operation of the new express train from Keihanshin started. 1998 (Heisei 10) December 17-Simplified automatic ticket gates and automatic ticket vending machines are installed as unmanned stations in the automatic ticket gate area of ​​the Urban Network. November 1, 2003-IC card "ICOCA" can be used [3]. Compatible with simple automatic ticket gates. March 17, 2018-Station numbering has been introduced and started to be used. Station structure A ground station with two lines on two sides of a relative platform [1]. Due to the locomotive change work described later, all passenger trains including limited express and express trains such as the limited express "Nihonkai" once stopped and it is a long platform that can accommodate 14 cars [1], but after that it is only a special rapid service and ordinary train It has stopped, and the current stopped train is a maximum of 8 cars. In addition to the conventional east side station building, a new ticket gate was opened on the west side (home for Nagahama and Tsuruga) due to the land readjustment and urbanization project carried out by Nagahama City. The platforms are connected by an overpass, but there are no facilities such as elevators. The height of the platform is 920 mm, and it has not been raised to 1,100 mm even after the direct current conversion north of Nagahama Station. It is an unmanned station managed by Maibara Station. It is located in the area near Osaka in the metropolitan suburbs, and is included in the range of use of the IC card ticket "ICOCA". There are automatic ticket vending machines and simple automatic ticket gates that support IC cards. Diamond Two trains stop per hour during the daytime hours. Around the station The area around the station was a region where paddy fields spread, but before and after the conversion to DC electrification, various facilities such as the Nagahama Regional Wholesale Market, Nagahama Dome, and Nagahama Institute of Biotechnology were completed, and the station square was also a free parking lot within an hour. Urbanization is progressing, such as improving the area. On the other hand, the station facilities have not changed significantly since the completion of AC electrification, except for some areas such as the opening of the west exit. This surrounding area is positioned as an area that has a role of "dam function" to prevent the outflow of population to Nagahama City, and residential land development by the private sector is active. [32] In addition, although the population of Nagahama City as a whole is declining, the population has increased by about 4% from 2008 to 2018 within a radius of 2 km (km) around the station. [32] Sephiroth Hospital Nagahama Municipal Hospital Nagahama Driving School Shiga Prefectural Nagahama Dome Shiga Prefectural Nagahama Agricultural High School Shiga Bunkyo Junior College Nagahama Institute of Biotechnology Nagahama Science Park Saikachihama Swimming Pool Kanda parking area Shiga Prefectural Road 556 Nagahama Omi Line