Hieizan-Sakamoto

Weekday departures: 139/day in the available timetable data · Sat & holiday departures: 139/day in the available timetable data

Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 5:41 / 24:02 (00:02 next day)

Busiest hour in the available data: 19:00–20:00 (10)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.

The timetable data is incomplete for some or all lines at this station, so the weekday and Sat & holiday figures are departures in the available timetable data, not totals.

Lines where the timetable data is incomplete:

• JR Kosei Line: only trains from timetables filed under other lines

• JR Kosei Line: Ogotoonsen ⇄ Karasaki

Hieizan Sakamoto Station opened on 20 July 1974 as Eizan Station, a Japanese National Railways stop on the newly built Kosei Line. It passed to JR West with the 1987 privatisation and was renamed to its present form on 4 September 1994, both Hieizan and Eizan referring to Mount Hiei roughly four kilometres to the west. Automatic ticket gates entered service in September 1998 and ICOCA support followed on 1 November 2003. A 2005 rebuild added barrier-free facilities including an elevator and accessible toilet. Station numbering was introduced in March 2018, assigning Hieizan Sakamoto the code JR-B27.

The station was originally called simply Eizan, a name for Mount Hiei; the 1994 renaming to Hieizan Sakamoto added the name of Sakamoto, the historic town around the station, which is designated a Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings.