Maibara Station

Maibara Station (米原駅, Maibara-eki) is an interchange passenger railway station located in the city of Maibara, Shiga, Japan. On the border between West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), it is jointly operated by both companies, along with the private railway operator Ohmi Railway. It is also a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight).

This article is about the railway station in Shiga Prefecture. For the railway station in Chiba Prefecture, see Maebara Station.

CA83  A 12  Maibara Station 米原駅
East side of the station in September 2016
General information
Location	Maibara, Maibara City Shiga Prefecture Japan
Coordinates	35°18′51.05″N 136°17′25.76″E
Operated by	JR Central JR West JR Freight Ohmi Railway
Line(s)	Tōkaidō Shinkansen      Hokuriku Main Line Biwako Line ■ Ohmi Railway Main Line
Platforms	5 island + 1 side platforms
Tracks	9 (3 Shinkansen)
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Station code	JR-A12 (JR West) CA-83 (JR Central) OR-01 (Ohmi Railway)
History
Opened	1 July 1889; 136 years ago (1 July 1889)
Passengers
FY 2023	10,366 daily (JR West)[1] 12,080 daily (JR Central)[2] 178 daily (Ohmi Railway)[3]
Services
Preceding station JR Central Following station Kyōto towards Shin-Ōsaka Tōkaidō Shinkansen Hikari Kodama Gifu-Hashima towards Tokyo
Location Maibara Station Location within Shiga Prefecture Show map of Shiga Prefecture Maibara Station Maibara Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Shinkansen platforms

Lines

Maibara Station is served by the JR West Hokuriku Main Line and the Biwako Line section of the Tōkaidō Main Line. It is also served by the JR Central Tōkaidō Shinkansen and the JR Central portion of Tōkaidō Main Line towards Ōgaki and Gifu. It is 445.9 kilometers from Tokyo Station and is the southern terminus of the 176.6 kilometer Hokuriku Main Line to Kanazawa. It is also the terminus for the 44.7 kilometer Ohmi Railway Main Line to Kibukawa.

Station layout

JR

The JR portion of the station consists of three island platforms with six tracks for the Tōkaidō Line and the Hokuriku Line. There is an island platform, and a side platform with five tracks for the Tōkaidō Shinkansen.

Platforms

2, 3	■ Biwako Line	■local trains, ■special rapid service, ■limited express and ■express for Kusatsu, Kyoto and Osaka
5, 6, 7	■ Hokuriku Line	■local trains, ■special rapid for Tsuruga ■limited express Shirasagi for Tsuruga
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 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 portion of the station consists of one island platform serving two tracks.

Platforms

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
Ogaki		Limited Express Hida		Kusatsu
Biwako Line (Hokuriku Line)
Terminus		Local		Sakata
Terminus		Special Rapid Service		Sakata
Ogaki		Limited Express Shirasagi		Nagahama or Tsuruga
Tokaido Line
Samegai		Local		Terminus
Samegai		Semi Rapid (terminating only)		Terminus
Samegai		Rapid		Terminus
Samegai		New Rapid		Terminus
Samegai		Special Rapid		Terminus
Ogaki		Limited Express Hida		Kusatsu
Ogaki		Limited Express Shirasagi		Nagahama or Tsuruga
Ohmi Railway Main Line (Hikone Taga-Taisha Line)
Terminus		Local		Fujitec-mae

History

Maibara Station opened on 1 July 1889 as a station on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) Tōkaidō Line, which became the Japan National Railways (JNR) after World War II. The Ohmi Railway began operations of 15 March 1931. The station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) on 1 April 1987 due to the privatization of the JNR.

Station numbering was introduced to the JR West and JR Central platforms in March 2018 with Maibara being assigned station number JR-A12 for the Biwako Line and CA83 on the JR Central network.^[4][5][6][7]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the JR West portion of the station was used by an average of 5,514 passengers daily, the JR Central portion by 7,240 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[8] The Ohmi Railway portion of the station was used by 1,069 passengers daily (boarding passengers only) in 2015.

Surrounding area

• Maibara City Society of Commerce
• Shiga Prefectural Cultural Industry Exchange Center
• Shiga Prefectural Maibara High School
• Yanmar Central Research Institute

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan