Train service
Weekday departures: 139/day · Sat & holiday departures: 139/day
First / last train (weekday): 5:47 / 23:56
Busiest hour: 9:00–10:00 (10)
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0:00 ─ 23:00
Counts are departures in the timetable data shown on our live map.
Location
History
Ōtsukyō Station is a Japan National Railway-era stop on the Kosei Line, located in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, and operated by JR West. The station opened on 20 July 1974 as Nishi-Ōtsu Station when the Kosei Line entered service between Yamashina and Ōmi-Shiotsu. It passed to JR West with the 1987 privatization of JNR and was renamed Ōtsukyō Station in 2008. Sitting 5.4 km from Yamashina and 10.9 km from Kyoto, it operates as a staffed elevated station with two island platforms above the concourse.
Notes
The original name Nishi-Ōtsu was chosen after Ōtsu City lobbied JNR to keep "Ōtsu" in the name rather than the planning name Kita-Ōtsu.
Sources
Last updated: 2026-05-18