Moriyama Station (Shiga)

Moriyama Station (守山駅, Moriyama-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Moriyama, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

The station opened on 16 April 1912 as a station for both passenger and freight operations on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR), which became the Japan National Railway (JNR) after World War II.

[1] The station was bombed by American aircraft on 30 July 1945, killing 11 people.

The station became part of the West Japan Railway Company on 1 April 1987 due to the privatization and dissolution of the JNR.

[4] According to the "Shiga Prefecture Statistical Book", the average daily ridership is as follows Media related to Moriyama Station at Wikimedia Commons