The Tokaido Shinkansen, Tokaido Main Line (Biwako ...

The Tokaido Shinkansen, Tokaido Main Line (Biwako Line), Hokuriku Main Line and Omi Railway Line are in service. The Maibara station of the conventional line is under the jurisdiction of JR West Japan. From this station, the Tokaido Main Line is served by JR Tokai for Nagoya and the Kyoto / Osaka area is served by JR West Japan (the Hokuriku Main Line is served by JR West). Therefore, the train for Nagoya / Toyohashi will be the first train leaving the station. There are trains from Kyoto and Osaka bound for Nagahama Station and Tsuruga Station on the Hokuriku Main Line. However, there are also trains departing from this station, and when the Hokuriku Main Line is closed due to heavy rain etc., it will depart from this station.
Platform
Homes are numbered 1, 2, and 13 from the east. Of these, the Omi railway line platform is line 1 (for Yokaichi), the JR conventional line platform is line 2-8 for line 2, and line 3 is for the Biwako line (tokaido main line going down, towards Kyoto / Osaka) and lines 5-7 are for the hokuriku main line. (Nagahama / Tsuruga / Kanazawa area) platform, Lines 7 and 8 are Tokaido Main Line (upbound, Ogaki / Nagoya / Toyohashi area) platform (* Some trains have different platforms). The Shinkansen platform is line 11 for Kyoto and Shin-Osaka, and lines 12 and 13 are for Shin-Yokohama and Tokyo.
Train station stop train (Shinkansen)
Kodama and Hikari stop.
Train station stop train (conventional line, Omi railway line)
Limited express trains (* Separate express tickets are required separately from the ticket). ) Stops. Please note that "Haruka" and "Hida" operate less from this station. Limited express and special express / new rapid, rapid, section rapid, usually all trains stop. All trains (regular trains) stop on the Omi Railway Line.
Travel time to surrounding cities
Express Haruka use
By far, you can access Osaka / Kansai Airport. It takes about 1 hour and 20 minutes to Osaka (Shin-Osaka Station) and about 2 hours and 20 minutes to Kansai Airport.
Express "Shirasagi" use
It is possible to access Nagoya, Fukui and Kanazawa by using Shirasagi. It takes about 1 hour to Nagoya, about 1 hour to Fukui, and about 1 hour and 50 minutes to Kanazawa.
Use the limited express Wide View Hida
It is possible to access Gero and Hida Takayama by using folds, and you can go to Gero in about 2 hours and Takayama in about 3 hours.
Special high-speed, new high-speed, high-speed (Nagoya, Toyohashi area) train use
Access to major cities such as Ogaki, Nagoya and Toyohashi is possible and about 30 minutes to Ogaki. It takes about 50 minutes to Gifu, about 1 hour to Nagoya, about 1 hour and 40 minutes to Okazaki, about 1 hour and 50 minutes to Gamagori, and about 2 hours to Toyohashi.
Using the new high-speed and regular trains for Nagahama and Tsuruga
Access to Nagahama / Omi-Shiotsu (Kosai Line transfer station) / Tsuruga is possible. Trains other than express trains stop at each station from this station to Tsuruga Station, so the time required for using the new rapid train and that for regular trains will not change. It takes about 10 minutes to Nagahama, about 30 minutes to Omi-Shiotsu, and about 50 minutes to Tsuruga.
Use of new rapid trains for Kyoto and Osaka
Access to major cities in Kansai such as Otsu, Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and Himeji is possible, and the time required for Kyoto and Osaka is almost the same as when using the limited express. It takes about 50 minutes to Otsu, about 1 hour to Kyoto, about 1 hour and 30 minutes to Osaka, about 2 hours to Kobe, about 2 hours and 10 minutes to Akashi, and about 2 hours and 30 minutes to Himeji. is.
Using high-speed and regular trains for Kyoto and Osaka
Stop at each station (* Rapid service stops at each station until Takatsuki). Azuchi Station, which does not stop at the new high-speed train, stops at high-speed and ordinary trains, so those who go to Azuchi Castle should use the high-speed and ordinary trains. The Azuchi can be reached in about 20 minutes.
Use the Tokaido Shinkansen (toward Tokyo)
About 30 minutes to Nagoya by Hikari, about 2 hours to Shin-Yokohama, about 2 hours and 10 minutes to Tokyo, about 30 minutes to Nagoya by Kodama, about 1 hour and 20 minutes to Hamamatsu, about 1 hour to Shizuoka It takes about 1 hour and 50 minutes, and about 3 hours and 20 minutes to Tokyo.
Use the Tokaido Shinkansen (for Shin-Osaka)
It takes about 20 minutes to Kyoto and about 30 minutes to Shin-Osaka by using Hikari and Kodama.
Omi railway line use
It is possible to access Taga Taisha, Omi Hachiman (JR Biwako Line), Yokaichi, Kiyogawa (JR Kusatsu Line, Shigaraki Kogen Railway) by Omi Railway Line, about 50 minutes to Taga Taisha (Taga Taisha-mae Station), Yokaichi It takes about 50 minutes to get to Kiyokawa, about 1 hour and 50 minutes to Oki Hachiman, and about 1 hour and 30 minutes to Omi Hachiman. However, you can go to Omi Hachiman faster and cheaper by using the JR Biwako Line.