Hieizan Sakamoto Station (比叡山坂本駅, Hieizan Sakamoto-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Hieizan Sakamoto Station is served by the Kosei Line, and is 11.1 kilometres (6.9 miles) from the starting point of the line at Yamashina and 16.6 kilometres (10.3 miles) from Kyoto.
[1] The station became part of the West Japan Railway Company on 1 April 1987 due to the privatization and dissolution of the JNR.
Hieizan and Eizan both refer to Mount Hiei, about 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) west of the station.
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