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Maibara Station

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Location
  
Maibara, Shiga Japan

Phone
  
+81 0088245489

Opened
  
1889

Maibara Station

Operated by
  
JR West, JR Central, Ohmi Railway

Line(s)
  
Tōkaidō Main Line Hokuriku Main Line Tōkaidō Shinkansen Ohmi Railway Main Line (Hikone Taga-Taisha Line)

Address
  
Maihara, Maibara, Shiga Prefecture 521-0012, Japan

Similar
  
Hikone Station, Ōgaki Station, Nagahama Station, Tsuruga Station, Kusatsu Station

Shinkansen maibara station


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.

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

Shinkansen bullet train passing through maibara station japan 2012


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)
  • 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.

    Ohmi Railway

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

    References

    Maibara Station Wikipedia