Nagahama Station

From PHOTOGUIDE.JP

Nagahama Station (長浜駅) is a train station in Nagahama, Shiga, Japan on the Hokuriku Main Line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It is Nagahama's main train station and gateway.

The station building, rebuilt from the ground up in Oct. 2006, is modeled after the station’s first and original building from 1882. They did a great job combining the old and the new. To fully appreciate the new station building, you have to see the original 19th-century station building which is preserved a short distance away at Nagahama Railroad Square, a train station museum with a few retired trains. The resemblance is impressive.

Nagahama Station is airy, attractive, and functional. A great improvement over the old and boring train station built in 1955. Near the ticket wicket is a nice, air-conditioned waiting room that also houses the tourist information desk. The waiting rooms on the train platforms are also convenient, but somewhat small. When you go down the exit escalator on the Heiwado side, you see a beautiful stained glass mural of Hikiyama Festival kabuki actors.

The new station was built on land adjacent to the old train station that was torn down. The location of the old train station is now occupied by a monstrous wedding hall dwarfing the new train station building right next to it. Although the wedding hall has a similar design as the station building, it almost totally cancels out the station building.

The old Heiwado Dept. Store was torn down and replaced with Mondecool, a large Heiwado supermarket next to the train station. Also, a small shopping complex called Ekimachi Terrace opened at the old Heiwado site. A bridge connects the station to it. (Photo below was taken before the bridge to Ekimachi Terrace was built.)

Elevator: Yes | Escalator: Yes | Accessible toilet: Yes (Outside station) | Staffed: Yes | Lockers: Yes | Tourist info staff: Yes | Rental bicycles: Yes (Ekimachi Terrace)

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