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Wikipedia / Ohmi Railway Main Line

The is a regional railway line in Shiga Prefecture operated by the private railway operator Ohmi Railway. It connects the cities of Maibara and Koka. Its alignment is parallel with the Tōkaidō Shinkansen between Takamiya and Gokasho.

The line is long, extending from Maibara to Kibukawa. The line connects with the JR Central Tōkaidō Main Line and Tōkaidō Shinkansen, and the JR West Hokuriku Main Line and Biwako Line at Maibara, and the JR West Kusatsu Line and the Shigaraki Kōgen Railway Shigaraki Line at Kibukawa.

History

The Hikone to Yokaichi section opened in 1898, reaching Kibukawa in 1900. The Hikone to Takamiya section was electrified at 600 V DC in 1925, with the Takamiya to Kibukawa section electrified at 1,500 V DC in 1928, and the Hikone to Takamiya section raised to that voltage at the same time. The Hikone to Maibara section opened in 1931 following the construction of the 340 m Sawayama Tunnel, electrified from opening.

Transport of postal items ceased in 1984, and freight services ceased in 1988.

Rapid train services were introduced in 2003, but were discontinued in 2013.

Timeline

  • 11 June 1898: Line opened between Hikone and Echigawa via Takamiya.

  • 24 July 1898: Line opened between Echigawa and Yokaichi.

  • 19 March 1899: Toyosato and Obata Stations opened.

  • 1 October 1900: Line opened between Yokaichi and Hino via Sakuragawa.

  • 28 December 1900: Line opened between Hino and Kibukawa via Minakuchi. Asahino station opened.

  • 20 May 1901: Shinmachi Station opened.

  • 1 January 1910: Obata Station renamed Gokasho Station.

  • 1 June 1911: Amago Station opened.

  • 16 October 1916: Asahi Otsuka Station opened.

  • 27 December 1916: Nagatanino Station opened.

  • 1 January 1917: Shinmachi Station renamed Hikoneguchi Station.

  • 12 March 1925: Line was electrified between Hikone and Takamiya.

  • 18 April 1928: Line was electrified between Takamiya and Kibukawa.

  • 15 March 1931: Electrified line opened between Hikone and Maibara via Toriimoto.

  • 1 August 1957: Minakuchi Ishibashi Station opened.

  • 1 May 1987: Driver-only operation commenced.

  • 5 April 1989: Minakuchi Matsuo and Minakuchi Jonan Stations opened.

  • 29 March 1990: Daigaku-mae Station opened.

  • 16 March 1991: Kyocera-mae Station opened.

  • 13 March 2004: Kawabe-no-mori Station opened.

  • 18 March 2006: Fujitec-mae Station opened.

  • 8 April 2009: Hikone-Serikawa Station opened.

Stations

  1. Local trains stop at all stations.

No.

Station

Japanese

Distance(km)

Connections

Location

OR-01

Maibara

米原

0.0

Tōkaidō ShinkansenTōkaidō Main LineBiwako LineHokuriku Main Line

Maibara

Shiga Prefecture

OR-02

Fujitec-mae

フジテック前

2.3

Hikone

OR-03

Toriimoto

鳥居本

3.4

OR-04

Hikone

彦根

5.8

Tōkaidō Main Line (Biwako Line)

OR-05

ひこね芹川

7.0

OR-06

Hikoneguchi

彦根口

7.8

OR-07

Takamiya

高宮

9.9

Ohmi Railway Taga Line

OR-10

Amago

尼子

12.7

Kōra

OR-11

Toyosato

豊郷

15.0

Toyosato

OR-12

Echigawa

愛知川

17.9

Aishō

OR-13

Gokashō

五箇荘

20.9

Higashiōmi

OR-14

Kawabe-no-mori

河辺の森

23.0

OR-15

Yōkaichi

八日市

25.3

Ohmi Railway Yōkaichi Line

OR-26

Nagatanino

長谷野

27.5

OR-27

Daigaku-mae

大学前

28.4

OR-28

Kyocera-mae

京セラ前

29.9

OR-29

Sakuragawa

桜川

31.2

OR-30

Asahi Ōtsuka

朝日大塚

32.8

OR-31

Asahino

朝日野

35.2

OR-32

Hino

日野

37.8

Hino

OR-33

Minakuchi Matsuo

水口松尾

42.7

Kōka

OR-34

Minakuchi

水口

43.8

OR-35

Minakuchi Ishibashi

水口石橋

44.4

OR-36

Minakuchi Jōnan

水口城南

45.1

OR-37

Kibukawa

貴生川

47.7

Kusatsu LineShigaraki Kōgen Railway Shigaraki Line

See also

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.