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| Overview | |
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| Main region(s) | Shiga Prefecture |
| Stations called at | 33 |
| Parent company | Seibu Holdings (100%) |
| Headquarters | Hikone, Shiga Prefecture |
| Locale | Shiga Prefecture, Japan |
| Dates of operation | June 16, 1896–present |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
| Electrification | 1,500 V DC, overhead line |
| Length | 59.5 km (37.0 miles) |
| Other | |
| Website | www |
Ohmi Railway Co., Ltd. (近江鉄道株式会社, Ōmi Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese private railway company which operates in Shiga Prefecture, and a member of the Seibu group since 1943. The company is named after the Ōmi Province, the former name of the present-day Shiga. The railway is nicknamed "Gachakon train" (ガチャコン電車, Gachakon densha) by local users because of its noisy sound.[1]
- ^ Masatoki, Minami (2009-06-19). ガチャコン電車で琵琶湖への旅 滋賀県・米原 - 近江八幡間 [Trip to Lake Biwa with Gachakon train between Maibara and Ōmi-Hachiman, Shiga] (in Japanese). Nikkei Business Publications. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-10-26.