Zeze Station

Zeze Station (膳所駅, Zeze-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Zeze Station opened as Baba Station (馬場駅, Baba-eki) on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR) when the railway extended from Kyoto to the lakeside port of Ōtsu on 15 July 1880.

At this time, the stations en route were (from Ōtsu) Ishiba, Baba, Yamashina, Ōtani and Inari.

Passenger services were resumed on 15 September 1934 with the station renamed to Zeze.

[1] The station came under the control of JR West with the privatization of the Japan National Railway on 1 April 1987.

Zeze Station