History
Karahashimae Station opened on 17 January 1914 with the inauguration of the Ōtsu Electric Tramway between Ishiyama-ekimae (today Keihan-Ishiyama) and Karahashimae. The line was extended to Hotarudani — later merged into Ishiyamadera — on 15 February. Mergers in 1927 and 1929 brought the halt into Biwako Tetsudō Kisen and then Keihan Electric Railway, and a 1937 alignment moved it to a point 738 m from Hotarudani. The Pacific War caused a brief suspension between 15 May and 5 August 1945. The upper platform was rebuilt in December 1966. The unstaffed station today consists of two opposed side platforms connected by a level crossing, with two-carriage platform lengths and station number OT02.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The station is named for the historic Seta no Karahashi ("Chinese Bridge of Seta"), a famous wooden bridge over the Seta River celebrated in classical poetry, which lies just east of the platform.