History
Ōmijingūmae Station opened on 15 May 1927 as Nishigōri Station (錦織駅) on the Biwako Tetsudō Kisen line. Following a merger on 11 April 1929 it became part of Keihan Electric Railway's Ishiyama Sakamoto Line, and on 1 February 1941 was renamed Ōmijingūmae after the nearby Ōmi Shrine. The wartime merger of 1 October 1943 placed it under Keihanshin Express Electric Railway, and from 1 January 1948 it briefly reverted to the original Nishigōri name before being renamed Ōmijingūmae again on 10 July 1948. A 1 December 1949 demerger returned it to Keihan, which continues to operate it. The station, in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, is adjacent to the Nishigōri Depot and serves as an operational hub on the line.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.
Where the English and Japanese sources differ, this account follows the Japanese source.
Notes
Because there is no run-around track at this station, trains terminating here cross to the inbound platform via the down main line and a switch — and trains exiting the adjacent Nishigōri Depot to start as Sakamoto-Hieizanguchi services depart from the "wrong" platform.