Ohmi Railway Main Line

Ohmi Railway Main Line
An image of an electric multiple unit on Ohmi Railway Main Line.
Ohmi Railway Main Line
Overview
Native name近江鉄道本線
OwnerOhmi Railway
Termini
Stations25
Websitewww.ohmitetudo.co.jp
Service
TypeCommuter rail
Operator(s)Ohmi Railway
History
OpenedJune 10, 1898 (1898-June-10) (Hikone to Yokaichi)
Technical
Line length47.7 kilometres (29.6 mi)
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification1,500 V DC
Route map

Left arrowTōkaidō Main Line
Left arrowTōkaidō Shinkansen
0.0
Maibara (米原)
Left arrowTōkaidō Shinkansen
Left arrowTōkaidō Main Line
2.3
Fujitec-mae (フジテック前)
3.4
Toriimoto (鳥居本)
Left arrowTōkaidō Main Line
5.8
Hikone (彦根)
Left arrowTōkaidō Main Line
7.0
Hikone-Serikawa (ひこね芹川)
7.8
Hikoneguchi (彦根口)
9.9
Takamiya (高宮)
Right arrowOhmi Railway Taga Line
12.7
Amago (尼子)
15.0
Toyosato (豊郷)
17.9
Echigawa (愛知川)
20.9
Gokashō (五箇荘)
23.0
Kawabe-no-mori (河辺の森)
25.3
Yōkaichi (八日市)
Left arrowOhmi Railway Yōkaichi Line
27.5
Nagatanino (長谷野)
28.4
Daigaku-mae (大学前)
29.9
Kyocera-mae (京セラ前)
31.2
Sakuragawa (桜川)
32.8
Asahi Ōtsuka (朝日大塚)
35.2
Asahino (朝日野)
37.8
Hino (日野)
42.7
Minakuchi Matsuo (水口松尾)
43.8
Minakuchi (水口)
44.4
Minakuchi Ishibashi (水口石橋)
45.1
Minakuchi Jōnan (水口城南)
47.7
Kibukawa (貴生川) Left arrowKusatsu LineRight arrow
Shigaraki Kōgen Railway Shigaraki LineDown arrow

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 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 47.7 kilometres (29.6 mi) 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.