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Hokuriku main line
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JR West 西日本旅客鉄道 [JR西日本]  Nishi Nippon Ryokaku Tetsudō [JR West]     West Japan Railway Company

Hokuriku hon 北陸本線 JR railway      1067 mm     1500 V DC
Read more about the line in English Wikipedia: Hokuriku Main Line

AliasFrom - To
Biwako Maibara - Nagahama

Opened1882 - 1884Nagahama - TsurugaNew route1957Kinomoto - Tsuruga
1889Maibara - NagahamaOld route closed1964Kinomoto - Tsuruga
TracksDouble track
When Hokuriku Shinkansen opened between Nagano and Kanazawa in March 2015, the following sections of the JR Hokuriku Hon line were transferred to non-JR companies:
- Kanazawa - Kurikara to IR Ishikawa Railway
- Kurikawa - Ichiburi to Ainokaze Toyama Railway
- Ichiburi - Naoetsu to Echigo Tokimeki Railway
When Hokuriku Shinkansen opened between Kanazawa and Tsuruga in March 2024, the following sections of the JR Hokuriku Hon line were transferred to non-JR companies:
- Tsuruga - Daishōji to Hapi-Line Fukui
- Daishōji - Kanazawa to IR Ishikawa Railway

MapsKmStation name Official name Furigana nameConnecting linesCityPrefecture
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Google 		0.0 Maibara米原まいばら JR Central: Tōkaidō hon >Nagoya
JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen >Tōkyō >Shin-Ōsaka
JR West: Tōkaidō hon "Biwako line" >Ōsaka
Ōmi: Hon >Kibukawa
Maibara-shi Shiga
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Google 		2.4 Sakata坂田さかた
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Google 		4.7 Tamura田村たむら
Nagahama-shi
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Google 		7.7 Nagahama長浜ながはま
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Google 		12.8 Torahime虎姫とらひめ
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Google 		15.6 Kawake河毛かわけ
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Google 		18.2 Takatsuki高月たかつき
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Google 		22.4 Kinomoto木ノ本きのもと
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Google 		26.5 Yogo余呉よご
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Google 		31.4 Ōmi-Shiotsu近江塩津おうみしおつ JR West: Kosei >Kyōto
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Google 		39.2 Shin-Hikida新疋田しんひきだ
Tsuruga-shi Fukui
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Google 		45.9 Tsuruga敦賀つるが Hapi-Line: Hapi-Line Fukui >Fukui
JR West: Hokuriku Shinkansen >Nagano - Takasaki
JR West: Obama >Higashi-Maizuru

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This page is updated Apr 29, 2024