Maibara Station

Maibara Station 米原駅
West side of the station
Location
Prefecture	Shiga (See other stations in Shiga)
City	Maibara
History
Year opened	1889
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR West, JR Central, Ohmi
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Main Line Hokuriku Main Line Tōkaidō Shinkansen Ohmi Railway Main Line

Shinkansen platforms

Maibara Station (米原駅, Maibara-eki) is a train station in Maibara, Shiga Prefecture, 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

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 service for Tsuruga, Fukui and Kanazawa ■limited express "Shirasagi" for Kanazawa and Toyama ■express "Kitaguni" for Niigata
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" 9 for Matsumoto and Nagano ■limited express "Hida" 35 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

There is an island platform with two tracks.

1, 2

■Main Line

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

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
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
Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central)
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
Terminus		Local		Fujitec-mae
Terminus		Rapid (terminating only)		Fujitec-mae