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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.

Lines

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

1, 2

■Main Line

«	Service	»
West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
Biwako Line (Tokaido Line from Maibara to Kyoto)
Terminus	Special Rapid Service		Hikone
Terminus	Local (Rapid Service)		Hikone
Biwako Line (Hokuriku Line)
Terminus	Special Rapid Service		Sakata
Terminus	Local		Sakata
Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central)
Tokaido Shinkansen
Gifu-Hashima	-	Kyoto
Tokaido Line
Samegai	Special Rapid		Terminus
Samegai	New Rapid		Terminus
Samegai	Rapid		Terminus
Samegai	Semi Rapid (terminating only)		Terminus
Samegai	Local		Terminus
Ohmi Railway
Main Line
Terminus	Rapid		Fujitec-mae
Terminus	Local		Fujitec-mae

v • d • e Stations of the JR Tōkaidō Shinkansen Line

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

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

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(*) Freight Terminal

v • d • e 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)