History
Echigawa Station opened on 11 June 1898 as the eastern terminus of the Ohmi Railway in what is now the town of Aishō, Shiga Prefecture. When the line was extended to Yōkaichi on 24 July 1898 the station became an intermediate stop. The original station building, after roughly a century in service, was demolished because of structural deterioration and on 4 March 2000 it was replaced by a new combined facility known as the Aishō Echigawa Community House (Louvre Echigawa), which incorporates the station, a gallery, a tourist information desk and a local-products shop. Station number OR12 was later assigned. The station is scheduled to become unstaffed throughout the day from 1 March 2026.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The down-line platform runs immediately alongside the elevated Tōkaidō Shinkansen, which races through here at full speed and treats Echigawa as one of three Ohmi Railway stations the bullet train brushes past.