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Tōkaidō main line (JR West section)


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JR West Tōkaidō hon (Maibara - Kōbe)

Tōkaidō hon (Umeda Kamotsu)

Biwako

JR Kyōto

JR Kōbe

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

Tōkaidō hon (Maibara - Kōbe) 東海道本線 JR railway      1067 mm     1500V DC
Read more about the line in English Wikipedia: Tōkaidō Main Line , Biwako Line , JR Kobe Line or JR Kyoto Line

AliasFrom - To
Biwako Maibara - Kyōto
JR Kyōto Kyōto - Ōsaka
JR Kōbe Ōsaka - Kōbe
JR Takarazuka Ōsaka - Amagasaki

Opened1876 - 1889Maibara - ŌsakaTracksDouble trackMaibara - Kusatsu
1874Ōsaka - KōbeFour tracks (or more)Kusatsu - Kōbe
MapsKm
Station name Official name Furigana nameConnecting linesCityPrefecture
445.9
Maibara米原まいばら JR Central: Tōkaidō hon >Nagoya
JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen >Tōkyō >Shin-Ōsaka
JR West: Hokuriku hon "Biwako line" >Kanazawa
Ōmi: Hon >Kibukawa
Maibara-shi Shiga
451.9
Hikone彦根ひこね Ōmi: Hon >Maibara >Kibukawa
Hikone-shi
455.2
Minami-Hikone南彦根みなみひこね
458.3
Kawase河瀬かわせ
462.0
Inae稲枝いなえ
465.7
Notogawa能登川のとがわ
Higashiōmi-shi
470.8
Azuchi安土あづち
Ōmihachiman-shi
474.3
Ōmi-Hachiman近江八幡おうみはちまん Ōmi: Yōkaichi >Yōkaichi
478.3
Shinohara篠原しのはら
483.9
Yasu野洲やす
Yasu-shi
487.0
Moriyama守山もりやま
Moriyama-shi
489.1
Rittō栗東りっとう
Rittō-shi
491.4
Kusatsu草津くさつ JR West: Kusatsu >Tsuge
Kusatsu-shi
493.9
Minami-Kusatsu南草津みなみくさつ
496.6
Seta瀬田せた
Ōtsu-shi
499.1
Ishiyama石山いしやま Keihan: Ishiyama Sakamoto [Keihan-Ishiyama] >Ishiyamadera >Sakamoto
501.9
Zeze膳所ぜぜ Keihan: Ishiyama Sakamoto [Keihan-Zeze] >Ishiyamadera >Sakamoto
503.6
Ōtsu大津おおつ
508.1# Yamashina山科やましな JR West: Kosei >Ōmi-Shiotsu
Keihan: Keishin [Keihan-Yamashina] >Misasagi >Hama-Ōtsu
Kyōto City: Tōzai >Rokujizō >Uzumasa-Tenjingawa
Kyōto-shi Kyōto
513.6 Kyōto京都きょうと JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen >Tōkyō >Shin-Ōsaka
JR West: Nara >Nara
JR West: Sanin hon "Sagano line" >Tottori
Kintetsu: Kyōto >Yamato-Saidaiji
Kyōto City: Karasuma >Kokusaikaikan >Takeda
516.1
Nishiōji西大路にしおおじ
518.9
Katsuragawa桂川かつらがわ
520.0
Mukōmachi向日町むこうまち
Mukō-shi
523.7
Nagaokakyō長岡京ながおかきょう
Nagaokakyō-shi
527.7
Yamazaki山崎やまざき Hankyū: Kyōto [Ōyamazaki] >Umeda >Kawaramachi
Ōyamazaki-chō
529.9
Shimamoto島本しまもと
Shimamoto-chō Ōsaka
535.2
Takatsuki高槻たかつき
Takatsuki-shi
538.1
Settsu-Tonda摂津富田せっつとんだ
539.8
JR-SōjijiJR総持寺じぇいあーるそうじじ
Ibaraki-shi
541.8
Ibaraki茨木いばらき
544.7
Senrioka千里丘せんりおか
Settsu-shi
546.4
Kishibe岸辺きしべ
Suita-shi
548.8
Suita吹田すいた Hankyū: Senri >Tenjimbashisuji 6-chōme >Kita-Senri
551.9
Higashi-Yodogawa東淀川ひがしよどがわ
Ōsaka-shi
552.6
Shin-Ōsaka新大阪しんおおさか JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen >Tōkyō
JR West: Ōsaka Higashi >Kyūhōji
JR West: Sanyō Shinkansen >Hakata
JR West: Tōkaidō hon (Umeda Kamotsu) >Nishikujō
Osaka Metro: Midōsuji >Esaka >Nakamozu
556.4# Ōsaka大阪おおさか Hankyū: Kōbe [Ōsaka-Umeda] >Kōbe-Sannomiya
Hankyū: Kyōto* [Ōsaka-Umeda] >Kawaramachi
Hankyū: Takarazuka [Ōsaka-Umeda] >Takarazuka
Hanshin: Hon [Ōsaka-Umeda] >Motomachi
JR West: JR Tōzai [Kitashinchi] >Kyōbashi >Amagasaki
JR West: Ōsaka kanjō >Kyōbashi - Tennōji >Bentenchō - Tennōji
Osaka Metro: Midōsuji [Umeda] >Esaka >Nakamozu
Osaka Metro: Tanimachi [Higashi-Umeda] >Dainichi >Yao-minami
Osaka Metro: Yotsubashi [Nishi-Umeda] >Suminoekōen
559.8 Tsukamoto塚本つかもと
564.1 Amagasaki尼崎あまがさき JR West: Fukuchiyama >"JR Takarazuka line" Shin-Sanda - Fukuchiyama
JR West: JR Tōzai >Kyōbashi
Amagasaki-shi Hyōgo
567.1
Tachibana立花たちばな
569.3
Kōshienguchi甲子園口こうしえんぐち
Nishinomiya-shi
571.8
Nishinomiya西宮にしのみや
573.3
Sakura-Shukugawaさくら夙川さくらしゅくがわ
575.6
Ashiya芦屋あしや
Ashiya-shi
577.0
Kōnan-Yamate甲南山手こうなんやまて
Kōbe-shi
578.5
Settsu-Motoyama摂津本山せっつもとやま Hankyū: Kōbe [Okamoto] >Umeda >Kōbe-Sannomiya
580.1
Sumiyoshi住吉すみよし Kōbe New Transit: Rokkō Island "Rokkōliner line" >Marine Park
582.3
Rokkōmichi六甲道ろっこうみち
583.7
Maya摩耶まや
584.6
Nadaなだ
587.0
Sannomiya三ノ宮さんのみや Hankyū: Kōbe [Kōbe-Sannomiya] >Umeda
Hankyū: Kōbe Kōsoku [Kōbe-Sannomiya] >Shinkaichi
Hanshin: Hon [Kōbe-Sannomiya] >Umeda >Motomachi
Kōbe New Transit: Port Island "Portliner line" >Kōbe Airport
Kōbe Subway: Kaigan [Sannomiya Hanadokei-mae] >Shin-Nagata
Kōbe Subway: Seishin-Yamate >Shin-Kōbe >Seishin-chūō
587.8
Motomachi元町もとまち Hanshin: Hon >Umeda
Hanshin: Kōbe Kōsoku >Nishidai
Kōbe Subway: Kaigan [Kyūkyoryūchi-Daimaru-mae] >Sannomiya Hanadokei-mae >Shin-Nagata
589.5
Kōbe神戸こうべ Hankyū: Kōbe Kōsoku [Kōsoku-Kōbe] >Kōbe-Sannomiya >Shinkaichi
Hanshin: Kōbe Kōsoku [Kōsoku-Kōbe] >Motomachi >Nishidai
JR West: Sanyō hon "JR Kōbe line" >Himeji - Hiroshima
Kōbe Subway: Kaigan [Harborland] >Sannomiya Hanadokei-mae >Shin-Nagata

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Traffic notes
The Biwako, JR Kyōto and JR Kōbe lines form a traffic system from Nagahama in east to Himeji in west with three train types:
Special Rapid, Rapid and Local. This traffic system also continues into Kosei, JR Tōzai and Fukuchiyama (JR Takarazuka) lines.

Tōkaidō hon (Umeda Kamotsu) 東海道本線「梅田貨物線」 JR railway      1067 mm     1500V DC

Opened1928 - 1934Freight lineTracksDouble trackShin-Ōsaka - Umeda Freight stn (km 3.8)
1989For regular passenger trafficSingle trackUmeda Freight stn - Fukushima (- Nishikujō)
This is not an official passenger line, but it is used by trains from Shin-Ōsaka to Hanwa line bypassing Ōsaka station. It joins the Ōsaka kanjō-sen (Ōsaka Loop line) at Fukushima station, but has no platform at that station.
Umeda kamotsu-sen = Umeda Freight line
MapsKmStation name Official name Furigana nameConnecting linesCityPrefecture
0.0 Shin-Ōsaka新大阪しんおおさか JR Central: Tōkaidō Shinkansen >Tōkyō
JR West: Ōsaka Higashi >Kyūhōji
JR West: Sanyō Shinkansen >Hakata
JR West: Tōkaidō hon "JR Kyōto line" >Maibara >Kōbe
Osaka Metro: Midōsuji >Esaka >Nakamozu
Ōsaka-shi Ōsaka
4.7 Fukushima福島ふくしま
7.4 Nishikujō西九条にしくじょう Hanshin: Hanshin Namba >Amagasaki >Ōsaka-Namba
JR West: Ōsaka kanjō >Kyōbashi - Tennōji >Bentenchō - Tennōji
JR West: Sakurajima "JR Yumesaki line" >Sakurajima

Biwako 琵琶湖線
Read more about the line in English Wikipedia: Biwako Line
Real line nameFrom - To
JR West: Hokuriku hon Maibara - Nagahama
JR West: Tōkaidō hon (Maibara - Kōbe) Maibara - Kyōto


JR Kyōto JR京都線
Read more about the line in English Wikipedia: JR Kyoto Line
Real line nameFrom - To
JR West: Tōkaidō hon (Maibara - Kōbe) Kyōto - Ōsaka


JR Kōbe JR神戸線
Read more about the line in English Wikipedia: JR Kobe Line
Real line nameFrom - To
JR West: Tōkaidō hon (Maibara - Kōbe) Ōsaka - Kōbe
JR West: Sanyō hon (Kōbe - Hiroshima) Kōbe - Himeji



This page is updated Mar 29, 2023