Ishiyama Station (石山駅, Ishiyama-eki) 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 (JR Freight). The station is located adjacent to the Keihan Electric Railway Keihan-ishiyama Station with which it is connected by a concourse.
Lines
Ishiyama Station is served by the Biwako Line portion of the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is 53.2 kilometers from Maibara and 499.1 kilometers from Tokyo.
Station layout
The station consists of two island platforms with 4 tracks on the ground and 2 siding tracks on both sides of the outer tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
| 1 | ■ Biwako Line | part of local trains and special rapid service for Kyoto, Takatsuki and Osaka |
| ■ limited express trains | for Shin-Osaka, Tennoji and Kansai Airport | |
| 2 | ■ Biwako Line | local trains and special rapid service for Kyoto, Takatsuki and Osaka |
| 3 | ■ Biwako Line | local trains and special rapid service for Kusatsu, Maibara and Nagahama |
| 4 | ■ Biwako Line | special rapid service (part of trains) and limited express trains for Kusatsu, Maibara and Nagahama |
| ■ through to the Kusatsu Line | local trains for Kusatsu, Kibukawa and Tsuge |
Adjacent stations
History
The route of the Tōkaidō Main Line passed through Ishiyama in 1889, but no station was built until 1 April 1903. On 25 April 1930 a derailment accident occurred at the station when an express train from Tokyo en route to Shimonoseki overturned when passing a point at high speed. Thirteen people were injured, but there were no fatalities. The station became part of the JR West network on 1 April 1987 with the privation of the Japan National Railway (JNR).
Station numbering was introduced to the station in March 2018 with Ishiyama being assigned station number JR-A27.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 24,103 passengers (boarding passengers only) in 2019, making it the 26th-busiest station by traffic in the West Japan Railway Company's network.
Surrounding area
- Renesas Semiconductor Manufacturing Shiga Factory (formerly Renesas Kansai Semiconductor)
- Nippon Electric Glass Headquarters / Otsu Office
- NSK Otsu Factory
