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1889
7月1日
The station opened simultaneously with the opening of the sections from the junction of the government railway (now Fukaya) to this station and from this station to Maeba (now Zeze Station) and from this station to Nagahama, as a general station.
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官設鉄道の分岐点（後の深谷） - 当駅 - 馬場（現在の膳所駅）間および当駅 - 長浜間の開通と同時に開業。一般駅。
1895
4月1日
The line name was established and it was transferred to the Tōkaidō Line, which was later renamed the Tōkaidō Main Line in 1909.
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線路名称制定。東海道線（1909年に東海道本線に改称）へ所属変更。
1902
11月1日
The branch line of the Tōkaidō Line from this station towards Nagahama was incorporated into the Hokuriku Line, which was later renamed the Hokuriku Main Line in 1909.
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当駅から長浜方面への東海道線支線が北陸線（1909年に北陸本線に改称）に編入。
1931
7月4日
Ōmi Railway's station opened.
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近江鉄道の駅が開業。
1931
11月
A section train was established on the Hikone - Maibara - Nagahama section, which was the Japanese National Railways' first introduction of diesel multiple units.
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彦根 - 米原 - 長浜の区間列車を設定され、これが国鉄初の気動車の導入であった。
1954
2月1日
Work on yard improvement began.
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構内改良工事着手。
1955
Prior to the expansion, there were the No. 1 platform for the down main line, the No. 2 and 3 platforms for the Tokaido up main line and No. 1 track, and the No. 4 and 5 platforms for the Hokuriku up main line and up No. 1 track.
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拡張までは1番ホーム（下り本線）、2・3番ホーム（東海道上り本線・1番線）、4・5番ホーム（北陸線上り本線・上り1番線）であった。
1955
4月
The yard began operation.
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操車場の使用を開始。
1955
7月25日
The electrification of the section between Inazawa Station and this station was completed, and an electric locomotive base was also opened.
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稲沢駅 - 当駅間の電化が完成、電気機関車基地も開設。
1955
11月1日
In-yard improvement work was completed.
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構内改良工事竣工。
1956
11月19日
The section between this station and Kyoto was electrified, completing the electrification of the entire Tokaido Main Line, and at the same time the line between this station and Hikone was realigned.
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当駅 - 京都間が電化され、東海道本線全線電化。同時に当駅 - 彦根の路線が付け替えられた。
1961
10月1日
The first limited express train to enter the Hokuriku Main Line, the "Hakutaka" (Osaka - Ueno/Aomori), began operation.
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北陸本線に乗り入れる初の特急列車「白鳥」（大阪 - 上野・青森）が運転開始された。
1962
9月30日
The section between Tamura and the current station was electrified, and the entire line between Naoetsu and the current station was completed with automatic signaling.
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田村 - 当駅間電化、直江津 - 当駅全線信号自動化完成。
1964
10月1日
The Maibara Station on the Tokaido Shinkansen opened, becoming a rare Shinkansen station located in a town, Maibara Town, Sakata District, Shiga Prefecture, rather than a city.
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東海道新幹線の駅が開業。所在地が滋賀県坂田郡の米原町であったことから、当時の東海道新幹線では珍しい（「市」ではなく）「町」にある新幹線駅として誕生した。
1964
12月25日
The Hokuriku Line electric express trains "Thunderbird" and "Shirasagi" began operating.
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北陸線電車特急「雷鳥」「しらさぎ」運転開始。
1966
12月1日
The double-tracking of Toyama Station was completed.
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富山 - 当駅複線化完成。
1968
2月15日
A collision accident between a freight train and a rapid train occurred within the station premises.
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当駅の構内において貨物列車と快速列車の衝突事故が発生する。
1970
3月15日
The Shinkansen platform was extended to accommodate 16-car trains.
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新幹線のホームが16両対応に延伸される。
1972
3月1日
Freight handling was abolished.
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貨物の取り扱いを廃止。
1972
10月
With the electrification of the Japan Sea Cross-Line to Aomori, three Hikari return services began stopping at Maibara, the first addition of stops to the Hikari service since the opening of the Tokaido Shinkansen, reducing travel time between the Tokyo area and the Hokuriku area by about one hour.
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日本海縦貫線が青森まで電化されたことに伴い、「ひかり」3往復が米原停車を開始する。「ひかり」の停車駅追加は東海道新幹線開業以来初めてであり、この停車により東京方面と北陸方面の所要時間が約1時間短縮された。
1973
12月22日
An accident occurred at Maibara Station on the Shinkansen where a gust of wind caused the overhead wire to float up and the pantograph collided with a displaced hangar, breaking the auxiliary catenary, resulting in strengthened wind speed regulations in the Maibara area during winter until the double-track catenary work was completed.
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新幹線の米原駅構内で、突風によって電車線が浮き上がり、外れたハンガイアーにパンダグラフが衝突して補助ちょう架線が破線する事故が発生。この影響で、重架線化工事が完了するまでの間、冬季の米原付近での風速規制が強化された。
1975
3月10日
Express trains between the Kansai and Hokuriku regions were changed to use the Kosei Line, with only some express trains remaining on the Maibara route, leaving only the Nagoya-bound Shirasagi and the newly established Maibara-bound Kaetsu as limited express trains connecting Maibara to the Hokuriku region.
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関西 - 北陸間の優等列車が湖西線経由に変更され、一部の急行列車のみが米原経由で残った。米原から北陸方面を結ぶ優等列車は名古屋発着の「しらさぎ」が残ったほか、米原発着の「加越」が新設された。
1975
5月24日
The Imperial train of the Showa Emperor ran between Maibara Station and Otsu Station in conjunction with the 26th National Tree-Planting Festival.
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第26回全国植樹祭開催に合わせて昭和天皇のお召し列車が米原駅 - 大津駅間で運行。
1983
4月1日
The Japanese National Railways automated its station platform announcements.
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国鉄のホーム案内放送を自動化。
1986
11月1日
Cargo handling was abolished.
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荷物取り扱いを廃止。
1987
3月1日
In anticipation of the privatization of Japanese National Railways, administration was transferred from the Nagoya Railway Management Bureau to the Osaka Railway Management Bureau.
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国鉄分割民営化を控え、名古屋鉄道管理局から大阪鉄道管理局へ移管。
1987
3月31日
Freight handling was resumed, but there were no subsequent records of freight handling.
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貨物の取り扱いを再開。ただし、以降の貨物取り扱いの実績はなかった。
1987
4月1日
The privatization of Japanese National Railways resulted in conventional lines being inherited by JR West, the Shinkansen by JR Central, and freight operations by JR Freight.
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国鉄分割民営化により、在来線はJR西日本、新幹線はJR東海、貨物営業はJR貨物が承継。
1988
3月13日
The line nickname was established, and the nickname "Biwako Line" was started to be used on the Tokaido Main Line between this station and Kyoto, and the New Rapid service was extended to Maibara.
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路線愛称の制定により、東海道本線の当駅 - 京都間で「琵琶湖線」の愛称を使用開始。新快速が米原まで延長運転される。
1991
9月14日
The electrification system on the Hokuriku Main Line between Taira and Nagahama was changed to direct current, and direct service from the Keihan region began.
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北陸本線田村 - 長浜間の電化方式を直流に変更し、京阪神方面から直通運転を開始。
1993
3月
The Hikari began operating on a schedule that required it to wait at Maibara for the Nozomi.
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「ひかり」が初めて米原で「のぞみ」を待避するダイヤで運行される。
1998
From the expansion until 1998, the station had platforms 1 for the Tōkaidō Line down, platforms 2 through 5 for the Tōkaidō and Hokuriku lines down, platforms 7 and 8 for the Hokuriku Line down, and platforms 9 and 10 for the Tōkaidō and Hokuriku lines up, with the platforms for up and down trains largely separated by sidings and passing tracks.
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拡張から1998年までは1番ホーム（東海道下り）、2・3・4・5番ホーム（東海道線下り・北陸線）、7・8番ホーム（北陸線下り）、9・10番ホーム（東海道線上り・北陸線）であった。ホーム郡が上りと下りで大きく隔てられ、その間に回送線や側線が設けられていた。
1998
3月17日
Automatic ticket gates were introduced at the Shinkansen transfer gates.
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新幹線乗換改札口に自動改札機を導入。
1998
9月1日
The new east entrance station building began operation, accompanied by the installation of new tracks 1-4 alongside the former tracks 7 and 8, the construction of a new platform between tracks 2 and 3, and the designation of the new platform as the down platform, while former platforms 1-5 were abolished, former platforms 7-10 were renumbered to 5-8, and automatic ticket gates were introduced at the conventional line ticket gates.
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東口新駅舎使用開始。これに伴い、旧7・8番ホーム横に新1 - 4番線を敷設、2・3番線の間にホームを設置し、新下りホームにされた。旧1番 - 5番ホームは廃止。旧7 - 10番ホームを5 - 8番に改称。在来線改札口に自動改札機を導入。
1998
12月1日
With the expansion of the large city suburban area, the station (JR West and JR Central) becomes a station belonging to the Osaka suburban area.
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大都市近郊区間拡大に伴い、当駅（JR西日本およびJR東海）は大阪近郊区間の所属駅になる。
2003
11月1日
The use of the IC card "ICOCA" became possible on JR West.
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JR西日本でICカード「ICOCA」の利用が可能となった。
2006
10月1日
The JR Kyoto and Kobe Line introduced an operating management system.
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JR京都・神戸線運行管理システム導入。
2007
6月8日
The station building and platform of Ohmi Railway were relocated to the west side.
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近江鉄道の駅舎・ホームを西側に移転。
2008
12月10日
An accident occurred in which a fence on the platform construction fence was blown away by the wind pressure of a passing freight train, injuring two passengers and one platform guide on the platform.
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ホーム上の工事囲いのフェンスが貨物列車通過の風圧で飛散し、ホーム上の乗客2名とホーム誘導員1名が負傷した事故が発生。
2009
3月7日
The elevators, escalators, and stairs on the JR West Japan 5-8 platforms near Hikone came into service, with barrier-free access to the toilets already completed at this point.
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JR西日本5 - 8番のりばの彦根寄りのエレベーター・エスカレーター・階段がすべて供用開始。なお、この時点ですでにトイレのバリアフリー化は完了していた。
2009
3月21日
The elevator, escalator, and stairs on the Hikone side of JR West Japan's platforms 2 and 3 were all opened to the public, as well as the free passage and elevators at the east and west exits, with the free passage being 230 m long, using 138 m of existing elevated bridge and the remainder being newly constructed.
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JR西日本2・3番のりばの彦根寄りのエレベーター・エスカレーター・階段がすべて供用開始。また、自由通路および東口・西口エレベーターの供用開始。この自由通路の延長は230 mで、その内の138 mは既存の高架橋を使い、残りは新築したものである。
2012
4月5日
The new station building of Ohmi Railway opened.
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近江鉄道の新駅舎が開業。
2015
3月12日
Introduction of approaching melodies accompanied the revision of the entry warning sound.
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入線警告音の見直しに伴い、接近メロディ導入。
2016
3月26日
With the timetable revision, the stop at this station was abolished due to the abolition of the limited express Shinano's arrival and departure at Osaka Station, and the abolition of the ordinary train that runs across JR West and JR East.
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ダイヤ改正に伴い特急「しなの」の大阪駅発着廃止に伴い当駅停車も廃止。JR西日本とJR東海を跨いで走行する普通列車が廃止。
2018
3月17日
JR West and JR Central introduced station numbering on their conventional lines.
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JR西日本・JR東海の在来線に駅ナンバリング導入。
2020
3月18日
The kiosk on platform 7 was converted to a Seven-Eleven at the ticket gate and became Seven-Eleven Kiosk JR Maibara Station Ticket Gate.
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7番のりばのキヨスクが改札口でセブン-イレブンに転換し、「セブン-イレブン Kiosk JR米原駅改札口店」となる。
2021
3月13日
The limited express "Haruka" services to and from the station were abolished, the station was incorporated into the TOICA area, and IC commuter passes that span the IC service areas of JR Central and JR West were made available.
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特急「はるか」の当駅発着が廃止。当駅がTOICAエリアに編入され、JR東海とJR西日本のICサービスエリアを跨るICカード定期券が発売される。
2022
4月1日
The pickup of tickets reserved through East Japan Railway's online service "Eki Net" becomes available at JR Central's designated seat ticket vending machines.
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JR東海の指定席券売機にて、東日本旅客鉄道（JR東日本）グループが運営するインターネット予約サービス「えきねっと」の受け取りができるようになる{{Cite press release ja|url=https://www.eki-net.com/top/oshirase/pdf/receive202202.pdf|format=PDF|title= 「えきねっと」でお申込みされたきっぷのお受取り箇所の拡大について
2022
6月1日
A new ticket gate was established that allows direct access to the Tokaido Shinkansen from the East-West Free Passage.
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東西自由通路から東海道新幹線を直接利用できる改札が新設された。
2022
7月1日
A complete smoking ban on conventional line platforms was implemented.
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在来線ホームの全面禁煙が実施。
2024
3月1日
Support-equipped reserved seat ticket vending machines were introduced at Shinkansen ticket counters.
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新幹線の乗車券売り場にサポートつき指定席券売機を導入。
2026
3月1日
Ōmi Railway's stations were unmanned all day.
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近江鉄道の駅を終日無人化。
Timeline adapted from Japanese Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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