Hokuriku main line

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Hokuriku main line
Range of the Hokuriku Main Line
Route length: 356.5 km
Gauge : 1067 mm ( cape track )

The Hokuriku Main Line ( Japanese 北 陸 本 線 , Hokuriku-honsen ) is a Japanese railway line that runs between Maibara stations in Shiga Prefecture and Naoetsu in Niigata Prefecture and is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

The railway accident in Oyashirazu on February 3, 1922 killed 87 people, and the railway accident in the Hokuriku Tunnel on November 6, 1973 killed 30 people.

Data

  • Length: 356.5 km
  • Track width: 1067 mm
  • Number of stations: 78

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