title: Echigawa Station
text: # Echigawa Station
  
  Echigawa Station (愛知川駅, Echigawa-eki) is a passenger railway station in located in the town of Aishō, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Ohmi Railway.
  
  ## Lines
  
  Echigawa Station is served by the Ohmi Railway Main Line, and is located 17.9 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Maibara Station.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  The station consists of two unnumbered side platforms connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station building also serves as the local community center, and is unattended.
  
  ## Platforms
  
  | ■ Main Line | for Yokaichi, Kibukawa and Ōmi-Hachiman |
  | - | - |
  | ■ Main Line | for Hikone and Maibara |
  
  ## Adjacent stations
  
  | « | Service | » |
  | - | - | - |
  | Ohmi Railway Main Line |||||
  | Rapid: Does not stop at this station |||||
  | Toyosato | Local | Gokashō |
  
  ## History
  
  Echigawa Station was opened on June 11, 1898. The station building was reconstructed in 2000.
  
  ## Surroundings
  
  * Aishō Town Hall
  * Aishō Municipal Eichigawa Library
  * Aishō Municipal Aishō Junior High School
  * Shiga Prefectural Echi High School
  * Nakasendō Echigawa-juku
  * Tōkaidō Shinkansen
  