History
The Tōkaidō Main Line passed through Seta on its way to Kyoto in 1889 without a station here; petitions for one in 1900 were instead answered by the building of Ishiyama Station three years later. The matter reopened in 1960 when Tōkaidō Shinkansen surveyors sought local permission to enter Seta land; residents made consent conditional on belated construction of the long-promised station. With the Kyōto-Kusatsu quadruple-tracking works under way, Seta Station finally opened on 12 August 1969 as a JNR passenger-only stop, with its 118 million yen construction cost borne by the town. JR West succeeded JNR in 1987, the line gained the "Biwako Line" nickname in 1988, and station numbering as JR-A26 was introduced in March 2018.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Because JR Kyūshū's Hōhi Line also has a Seta Station, tickets for this Shiga station are printed with "(東) 瀬田" (Higashi-Seta, "East Seta") to avoid confusion between the two.