title: Inae Station
text: # Inae Station
  
  Inae Station (稲枝駅, Inae-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Hikone, Shiga, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
  
  ## Lines
  
  Inae Station is served by the Biwako Line portion of the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is 16.1 kilometers from Maibara and 462.0 kilometers from Tokyo.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  The station consists of two opposed side platforms connected by an elevated station building. The station building is attended.
  
  ## Platform
  
  | 1 | ■ Biwako Line | for Kusatsu and Kyoto |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2 | ■ Biwako Line | for Maibara, Nagahama and Ōgaki |
  
  ## Adjacent stations
  
  | « | Service | » |
  | - | - | - |
  | Biwako Line |||||
  | Special Rapid: Does not stop at this station |||||
  | Limited Express "Hida": Does not stop at this station |||||
  | Kawase | Loca | Notogawa |
  
  ## History
  
  The station opened on 1 July 1920 as a station on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) Tōkaidō Line, which became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) on 1 April 1987 due to the privatization of JNR. A new station building was completed in 2014.
  
  Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Inae being assigned station number JR-A16.
  
  ## Passenger statistics
  
  In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 2559 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
  
  ## Surrounding area
  
  * Seisen University / Seisen College Junior College
  