sentences:  When the last section of the Tōkaidō railway completed on July 1, 1889, the railway from the east connected at Baba, leaving the branch between Baba and Ōtsu.On June 1, 1913, Ōtsu Station and Baba Station were renamed as Hamaōtsu and Ōtsu.On August 1, 1921, the new route between Ōtsu and Kyoto was opened.