Kumoi Station

Railway station in Kōka, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

34°54′40″N 136°05′03″E / 34.9112°N 136.0843°E / 34.9112; 136.0843Operated byShigaraki Kohgen RailwayLine(s)Shigaraki LineDistance10.2 km from Kibukawa^[1]Platforms1 side platformConstructionStructure typeAt-gradeOther informationStatusUnmannedHistoryOpened8 May 1933 (1933-05-08)Passengers294 per day (2017)^[2] Location

Kumoi Station

Location within Shiga Prefecture

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Kumoi Station

Kumoi Station (Japan)

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Kumoi Station (雲井駅, Kumoi eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kōka, Shiga, Japan operated by the third-sector Shigaraki Kohgen Railway.

Lines

Kumoi Station is a station on the Shigaraki Line, and is 10.2 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Kibukawa.

Station layout

The station consists of one side platform serving single bi-directional track. The station's building dates from the Shigaraki Line's opening in 1933, making it the oldest structure on the line.^[3] The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Shigaraki Line
Shigarakigūshi		Local	Chokushi

History

Kumoi Station opened on May 8, 1933 as a station of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR). The station was closed from October 1, 1943 to July 25, 1947, when it reopened as a station of 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 and was transferred to the Shigaraki Kohgen Railway on July 13, 1987.

Passenger statistics

Ridership per day ^[2]
Year	Ridership
2011	370
2012	373
2013	339
2014	309
2015	332
2016	360
2017	294

Surrounding area

Kumoi Elementary School
Japan National Route 307

References

^ "Station/Train". Shigaraki Kohgen Railway (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b "国土数値情報駅別乗降客数データ". GIS (in Japanese). MLIT. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
^ "レトロな駅や田んぼアートをめぐる！滋賀・信楽高原鐵道の旅". LINE トラベル (in Japanese). Venture Republic Inc. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.