Ohmi Railway Main Line

Ohmi-Railway Type 806 EMU running between Hikoneguchi and Takamiya.

The Ohmi Railway Main Line (近江鉄道本線, Ōmi tetsudō hon-sen^?) is a regional railway line in Shiga Prefecture operated by Ohmi Railway. It connects the cities of Maibara and Koka. It is running parallel with the Tōkaidō Shinkansen between Takamiya and Gokasho.

The line is 47.7 kilometres (29.6 mi) long, stretching 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.

Stations

Rapid Service: + = stop; - = pass;

Local trains make all stops

Station	Distance (km)	Rapid	Connections	Location
Maibara	0.0	+	JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen, Tōkaidō Main Line JR West: Tokaidō Main Line (Biwako Line), Hokuriku Main Line	Maibara	Shiga Prefecture
Fujitec-mae	2.3	+		Hikone
Toriimoto	3.4	+
Hikone	5.8	+	JR West: Tōkaidō Main Line (Biwako Line)
Hikone-Serikawa	7.0	-
Hikoneguchi	7.8	-
Takamiya	9.9	-	Ohmi Railway: Taga Line
Amago	12.7	-		Kōra
Toyosato	15.0	-		Toyosato
Echigawa	17.9	-		Aisho
Gokashō	20.9	-		Higashiomi
Kawabe-no-mori	23.0	-
Yōkaichi	25.3	+	Ohmi Railway: Yōkaichi Line
Nagatanino	27.5	-
Daigaku-mae	28.4	-
Kyocera-mae	29.9	-
Sakuragawa	31.2	+
Asahi Ōtsuka	32.8	-
Asahino	35.2	-
Hino	37.8	+		Hino
Minakuchi Matsuo	42.7	-		Kōka
Minakuchi	43.8	+
Minakuchi Ishibashi	44.4	+
Minakuchi Jōnan	45.1	+
Kibukawa	47.7	+	JR West: Kusatsu Line Shigaraki Kōgen Railway: Shigaraki Line

History

• 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 Staion.
• 1 June 1911: Amago Station opened.
• 16 October 1916: Asahi Otsuka Station opened.
• 27 Decemver 1916: Nagatanino Station opened.
• 1 January 1917: Shinmachi Station renamed Hikoneguchi Station.
• 12 March 1925: Line was electrified between Hikone and Takamiya.
• 18 April 1828: 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.