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Encyclopedia > Maibara Station
Maibara Station Shinkansen platforms
Maibara Station Shinkansen platforms

Maibara Station (米原駅) is a train station in Maibara, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It is the southern terminus of the JR Hokuriku Main Line, and the boundary of control between JR-West and JR-Tokai over the Tokaido Main Line. Maibara Station (small), April 2002 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street Station in 1865. ... The shinkansen bullet train streaks past Mt. ... Shiga Prefecture (滋賀県 Shiga-ken) is part of the Kinki region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Japan Railway, more commonly called JR, is a collective term for the privatized descendants of the former Japanese National Railways, formed when JNR was divided into seven parts on April 1, 1987. ... The Hokuriku Main Line (北陸本線) is a line of the West Japan Railway Company connecting the Kansai region to the Sea of Japan coast. ...


The station opened in 1889. Since 1987, its main operator has been the West Japan Railway Company, although the Central Japan Railway Company administers the Shinkansen tracks. 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... West Japan Railway Company (西日本旅客鉄道株式会社 Nishi Nihon Ryokaku Tetsudô Kabushiki Gaisha), commonly known as JR-West (JR西日本 JR Nishi Nihon), is one of JR companies in Japan that covers western Honshu. ... JR Central Towers in Nagoya The Central Japan Railway Company (東海旅客鉄道 JR Tōkai; JR 東海) is the main railway company operating in the Chubu (Nagoya) region of central Japan. ... Shinkansen 0 Series at Fukuyama Station, April 2002 Shinkansen 500 Series at Kyoto Station, April 2002 300 (Left) and 700 Series Shinkansen at Tokyo Station The Shinkansen (新幹線) is a network of high speed rail lines in Japan on which the famous Bullet Trains run. ...


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