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The is a 176.6 kilometer railway line owned by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) connecting Maibara Station in Maibara, Shiga, with Kanazawa Station in Kanazawa, Ishikawa. It serves the Hokuriku region on the northern central coast of Honshu, the largest island of Japan, as well as offering connections to the regions of Kansai, Tōkai, Kantō, and Tōhoku. The line is an important transportation artery along the Sea of Japan coast, because the Shinkansen high-speed network has not yet been extended through the Hokuriku region. The Hokuriku Shinkansen was opened on March 14, 2015 between and , therefore the interval between the Kanazawa Station and the Naoetsu Station was converted to the three segments of private railway companies; the remaining segment onward to Kansai is still in the planning stages. As a result, narrow gauge limited expresses such as the ''Thunderbird'' and ''Shirasagi'' are common sights along the line. The Hokuriku Main Line has double track and is completely electrified: the section from Maibara to Tsuruga use 1,500 V DC power, while the section from Tsuruga to Kanazawa uses 20 kV AC, 60 Hz power. JR Freight operates a small branch line for freight from Tsuruga Station to a container facility at the port of Tsuruga. ==Basic data== *Operators, distances * *West Japan Railway Company (Services and tracks) * *Japan Freight Railway Company (Services) * * *From Maibara to Kanazawa: * *Japan Freight Railway Company (Services and tracks) * * *From Tsuruga to Tsuruga-minato: *Stations: * *Passenger stations: 43, including those with freight services * *Freight terminals: 4 *Double-track line: From Maibara to Kanazawa *Electric supply: From Maibara to Kanazawa * *From Maibara to Tsuruga: 1,500 V DC * *From Tsuruga to Kanazawa: 20,000 V AC, 60 Hz *Railway signalling: * *From Maibara to Kanazawa: Automatic train control * *From Tsuruga to Tsuruga-minato: Token system *Maximum line speed: 130 km/h *CTC center: * *From Maibara to Ōmi-Shiotsu: Shin-Ōsaka Operation Control Center * *From Ōmi-Shiotsu to Kanazawa: Kanazawa Operation Control Center *CTC system: * *From Maibara to Ōmi-Shiotsu: Safety Urban Network Traffic System (SUNTRAS) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hokuriku Main Line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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