is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Lines Katata Station is served by the Kosei Line, and is from the starting point of the line at and from .
Station layout The station consists of two elevated island platforms with the station building underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
Adjacent Stations
History The station opened on 20 July 1974 as a station on the Japan National Railway (JNR). The station became part of the West Japan Railway Company on 1 April 1987 due to the privatization and dissolution of the JNR.
Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Kakata being assigned station number JR-B25.
Passenger statistics In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 7,843 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).
Surrounding area
Mangetsu-ji, noted for its "floating hall" Ukimidō Dejima Lighthouse, Built as a wooden lighthouse in 1933 Tomb of Koto-Naishi, wife of Nitta Yoshisada Katada Church, Built in 1930, designed by William Merrell Vories
See also List of railway stations in Japan
References
External links
JR West official home page