Maibara Station

Maibara 米原
File:Maibara-station-west-entrance 20110731.jpg West side of the station
Location	Maibara, Shiga Japan
Operated by	JR West, JR Central, Ohmi
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Main Line Hokuriku Main Line Tōkaidō Shinkansen Ohmi Railway Main Line (Hikone Taga-Taisha Line)
History
Opened	1889

File:Maibara-station.jpg

Shinkansen platforms

Maibara Station (米原駅, Maibara-eki) is a railway station in Maibara, Shiga, Japan. It is the southern terminus of the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Hokuriku Main Line, and the boundary of control between JR West and JR Central over the Tōkaidō Main Line.

The station opened on July 1, 1889. Since 1987, its main operator has been JR West, although JR Central administers the Shinkansen tracks.

Lines

• West Japan Railway Company (JR West):
  • Tōkaidō Main Line (Biwako Line)
  • Hokuriku Main Line

• Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central):
  • Tōkaidō Shinkansen
  • Tōkaidō Main Line (for Ōgaki and Gifu)

• Ohmi Railway:
  • Main Line (Hikone Taga-Taisha Line)

Station layout

JR

There are three island platforms with six tracks for the Tōkaidō Line and the Hokuriku Line. There are an island platform, a side platform with five tracks for the Tōkaidō Shinkansen.

2, 3	■ Biwako Line	■local trains, ■special rapid service, ■limited express and ■express for Kusatsu, Kyoto and Osaka ■Kansai Airport limited express Haruka for Kansai Airport
5, 6, 7	■ Hokuriku Line	■local trains, ■special rapid for Tsuruga, Fukui and Kanazawa ■limited express Shirasagi for Kanazawa and Toyama
7, 8	■ Tōkaidō Line	■local trains, ■rapid trains, ■new rapid trains, ■special rapid trains and ■limited express Shirasagi for Ogaki, Gifu and Nagoya ■limited express Shinano for Matsumoto and Nagano ■limited express Hida for Gero and Takayama
11	■ Tōkaidō Shinkansen	■Hikari and ■Kodama for Shin-Ōsaka, Okayama and Hiroshima
12	■ Tōkaidō Shinkansen	■Hikari and ■Kodama for Nagoya, Shin-Yokohama and Tokyo
13	■ Tōkaidō Shinkansen	extra

Ohmi Railway

The Ohmi Railway station consists of one island platform serving two tracks.

1, 2

■ Main Line (Hikone Taga-Taisha Line)

for Taga Taisha-mae, Yōkaichi, Ōmi-Hachiman and Kibukawa

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Biwako Line (Tokaido Line)
Terminus		Local (3 doors)		Hikone
Terminus		Special Rapid Service		Hikone
Biwako Line (Hokuriku Line)
Terminus		Local		Sakata
Terminus		Special Rapid Service		Sakata
Tokaido Shinkansen
Gifu-Hashima		-	Kyoto
Tokaido Line
Samegai		Local		Terminus
Samegai		Semi Rapid (terminating only)		Terminus
Samegai		Rapid		Terminus
Samegai		New Rapid		Terminus
Samegai		Special Rapid		Terminus
Ohmi Railway Main Line (Hikone Taga-Taisha Line)
Terminus		-	Fujitec-mae