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Maibara Station 米原駅
Shinkansen platforms
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

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.

1 Lines
2 Layout
- 2.1 JR
- 2.2 Ohmi Railway
3 Adjacent stations

Lines

West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
- Tōkaidō Main Line (Biwako Line for Kyōto)
- Hokuriku Main Line

Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central)
- Tōkaidō Shinkansen
- Tōkaidō Main Line (for Ōgaki)

Ohmi Railway
- Main Line

Layout

JR

There are 3 island platforms with 6 tracks for the Tōkaidō Line and the Hokuriku Line. There are an island platform, a side platform with 5 tracks for the Tōkaidō Shinkansen.

2, 3	■Kansai Airport Limited Express "Haruka"	for Shin-Ōsaka, Tennōji and Kansai Airport
2, 3	■Biwako Line (Tokaido Line)	■Local trains, ■Special Rapid Service, ■Limited Express and ■Express for Kusatsu, Kyoto and Osaka
5, 6	■Limited Express "Shirasagi"	for Fukui, Kanazawa and Toyama
	■Express "Kitaguni"	for Naoetsu, Nagaoka and Niigata
	■Hokuriku Line	■Local trains and ■Special Rapid Service for Nagahama, Omi-Shiotsu, Tsuruga and Fukui
7	■Limited Express "Shinano"	for Matsumoto and Nagano
	■Limited Express "Shirasagi"	for Ogaki, Gifu and Nagoya
	■Tōkaidō Line	■Local trains and ■New Rapid and ■Limited Express "Shirasagi" for Ogaki, Gifu and Nagoya
	■Hokuriku Line	a part of ■Local trains and ■Special Rapid Service for Nagahama, Omi-Shiotsu and Tsuruga
8	■Limited Express "Hida"	for Gero and Takayama
8	■Tōkaidō Line	■Local trains, ■Rapid, ■New Rapid and ■Special Rapid for Ogaki, Gifu and Nagoya
11	■Tōkaidō Shinkansen	■Hikari and ■Kodama for Shin-Ōsaka and Hakata
12	■Tōkaidō Shinkansen	■Hikari and ■Kodama for Nagoya and Tokyo
13	■Tōkaidō Shinkansen	extra

Ohmi Railway

There is an island platform with 2 tracks.

1, 2

■Main Line

for Hikone, Yōkaichi and Kibukawa

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
Biwako Line (Tokaido Line from Maibara to Kyoto)
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		Fujitec-mae

Stations of the Tōkaidō Shinkansen

Tokyo - Shinagawa - Shin-Yokohama - Odawara - Atami - Mishima - Shin-Fuji - Shizuoka - Kakegawa - Hamamatsu - Toyohashi - Mikawa-Anjō - Nagoya - Gifu-Hashima - Maibara - Kyoto - Shin-Ōsaka (>>for Hakata)

Stations of the JR Central Tōkaidō Main Line (Atami - Maibara)

(for Tokyo <<) Atami • Kannami • Mishima • (for Kōzu <<) Numazu • Katahama • Hara • Higashi-Tagonoura • Yoshiwara • Fuji (>> for Kōfu) • Fujikawa • Shin-Kambara • Kambara • Yui • Okitsu • Shimizu • Kusanagi • Higashi-Shizuoka • Shizuoka • Abekawa • Mochimune • Yaizu • Nishi-Yaizu • Fujieda • Rokugō • Shimada • Kanaya • Kikugawa • Kakegawa • Aino • Fukuroi • Iwata • Toyodachō • Tenryūgawa • Hamamatsu • Takatsuka • Maisaka • Bentenjima • Araimachi • Washizu • Shinjohara • Futagawa • Toyohashi (>> for Tatsuno) • Nishi-Kozakai • Aichi-Mito • Mikawa-Ōtsuka • Mikawa-Miya • Gamagōri • Mikawa-Shiotsu • Sangane • Kōda • Okazaki • Nishi-Okazaki • Anjō • Mikawa-Anjō • Higashi-Kariya • Noda-Shimmachi • Kariya • Aizuma • Ōbu (>> for Taketoyo) • Kyōwa • Minami-Ōdaka • Ōdaka • Kasadera • Atsuta • (for Shiojiri >>) Kanayama • Otōbashi • Nagoya (>> for Kameyama) • Biwajima • Kiyosu • Inazawa • Owari-Ichinomiya • Kisogawa • Gifu (>> for Inotani) • Nishi-Gifu • Hozumi • Ōgaki • Tarui • Sekigahara • Kashiwabara • Ōmi-Nagaoka • Samegai • Maibara (>> for Osaka)

Stations of the JR Hokuriku Main Line

(for Hikone and Kyōto<<) Maibara - Sakata - Tamura - Nagahama - Torahime - Kawake - Takatsuki - Kinomoto - Yogo - (for Ōmi-Imazu and Kyōto<<) Ōmi-Shiotsu - Shin-Hikida - Tsuruga - Minami-Imajō - Imajō - Yunoo - Nanjō - Ōshio - Takefu - Sabae - Kita-Sabae - Ōdoro - Echizen-Hanandō - Minami-Fukui Freight Terminal (*) - Fukui - Morita - Harue - Maruoka - Awaraonsen - Hosorogi - Ushinoya - Daishōji - Kagaonsen - Iburihashi - Awazu - Komatsu - Meihō - Terai - Komaiko - Mikawa - Kaga-Kasama - Mattō - Nonoichi - Nishi-Kanazawa - Kanazawa - Kanazawa Freight Terminal (*) - Higashi-Kanazawa - Morimoto - Tsubata - Kurikara - Isurugi - Fukuoka - Nishi-Takaoka - Takaoka - Etchū-Daimon - Kosugi - Kureha - Toyama - Toyama Freight Terminal (*) - Higashi-Toyama - Mizuhashi - Namerikawa - Higashi-Namerikawa - Uozu - Kurobe - Ikuji - Nishi-Nyūzen - Nyūzen - Tomari - Etchū-Miyazaki - Ichiburi - Oyashirazu - Ōmi - Itoigawa - Kajiyashiki - Uramoto - Nō - Tsutsuishi - Nadachi - Arimagawa - Tanihama - Naoetsu

Freight-only branch line: Tsuruga - Tsuruga-Minato Freight Terminal (*)

(*) Freight Terminal

Stations of the Biwako Line (Tokaido Line, Hokuriku Line)

(for Tsuruga <<) Nagahama · Tamura · Sakata · (for Ōgaki and Nagoya <<) Maibara · Hikone · Minami-Hikone · Kawase · Inae · Notogawa · Azuchi · Ōmi-Hachiman · Shinohara · Yasu · Moriyama · Rittō · Kusatsu · Minami-Kusatsu · Seta · Ishiyama · Zeze · Ōtsu · Yamashina · Kyōto (>> for Osaka)