Context: Between 1991 and 2006, the station was the dividing point of electrification systems (south of the station, including the station, was 1500 V DC and north was 20,000 V AC) so that all regional trains from Osaka and Kyoto using DC-only electric multiple units terminated at this station. In 2006 the DC zone was extended to Tsuruga Station, but there still exist some terminating trains at Nagahama., The Japan Railways Group, more commonly known as , consists of seven for-profit companies that took over most of the assets and operations of the government-owned Japanese National Railways on April 1, 1987. Most of the liability of the JNR was assumed by the JNR Settlement Corporation., The , or Kobe earthquake, occurred on January 17, 1995 at 05:46:53 JST (January 16 at 20:46:53 UTC) in the southern part of Hygo Prefecture, Japan, known as Hanshin. It measured 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale and 7 on the JMA Shindo intensity scale. The tremors lasted for approximately 20 seconds. The focus of the earthquake was located 17 km beneath its epicenter, on the northern end of Awaji Island, 20 km away from the city of Kobe., Beneath a square in front of the JR station is Hokutetsu-Kanazawa Station, the terminal of the Hokuriku Railroad Asanogawa Line., The is a commuter rail line in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The name applies to the section of the Tkaid Main Line between Kyoto Station and Osaka Station., The is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan operated by five Japan Railways Group companies. Starting with the Tkaid Shinkansen in 1964, the network has expanded to currently consist of of lines with maximum speeds of , of Mini-shinkansen lines with a maximum speed of , and of spur lines with Shinkansen services. The network presently links most major cities on the islands of Honshu and Kyushu, and Hakodate on northern island of Hokkaido, with an extension to Sapporo under construction and scheduled to commence in March 2031. The nickname bullet train is sometimes used in English for these high-speed trains., The is located in the northwestern part of Honshu, the main island of Japan. It lies along the Sea of Japan within the Chbu region. It is almost equivalent to Koshi Province and Hokurikud area in pre-modern Japan., 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, Tkai, Kant, and Thoku., An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages, using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number of the carriages. Most EMUs are used for passenger trains, but some have been built or converted for specialised non-passenger roles, such as carrying mail or luggage, or in departmental use, for example as de-icing trains. An EMU is usually formed of two or more semi-permanently coupled carriages, but electrically powered single-unit railcars are also generally classed as EMUs., The station opened on July 1, 1889. Since 1987, its main operator has been JR West, although JR Central administers the Shinkansen tracks., Lines.
Tsuruga Station is served by the following JR West lines., Economy.
Kita-ku, particularly the Umeda area surrounding Osaka Station, is one of the main commercial centers of Osaka. Kita-ku is also a financial administration center, housing the headquarters of the Japan Mint and the Osaka branch of the Bank of Japan., The is the nickname of portions of the Tokaido Main Line and the Sanyo Main Line, between Osaka Station in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture and Himeji Station in Himeji, Hygo Prefecture. The line, along with the JR Kyoto Line and the Biwako Line, forms a contiguous service that is the main trunk of West Japan Railway Company's Urban Network commuter rail network in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area. The line also offers continuous service to the Gakkentoshi Line via the JR Tzai Line. It was damaged during the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake., , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka., The is a major Japanese railway line of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) network, connecting and Kbe stations. It is long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities. The high-speed Tokaido Shinkansen largely parallels the line., As of August 1, 2006, the city has an estimated population of 40,349 and a population density of 161 persons per km². The total area is 250.46 km²., 
Operation.
All trains make local stop at every station on the line. Some trains terminate at Amagasaki, but most westbound trains continue on the Kobe Line to Nishi-Akashi and on the Takarazuka Line to Tsukaguchi and Takarazuka. All eastbound trains continue past Kyobashi on the Gakkentoshi Line., Honshu had a population of 103 million , mostly concentrated in the coastal lowlands, notably in the Kant plain where 25% of the total population resides in the Greater Tokyo Area. As the historical center of Japanese culture and political power, the island includes several past Japanese capitals, including Kyoto, Nara, and Kamakura. Much of the island's southern shore forms part of the Taiheiy Belt, a megalopolis that spans several of the Japanese islands., The Biwako Line (  Biwako - sen ) is the nickname used by the operator of the West Japan Railway Company ( JR West ) to refer to the portion of the Tkaid Main Line ( between Maibara Station and Kyoto Station ) and the Hokuriku Main Line ( between Maibara Station and Nagahama Station ) . The section , along with JR Kyoto Line and JR Kobe Line , forms a contiguous service that is the main trunk of JR West 's `` Urban Network '' commuter rail network in the Osaka - Kobe - Kyoto Metropolitan Area ., Historically a merchant city, Osaka has also been known as the and served as a center for the rice trade during the Edo period., The station building is located close to the Sanyo Electric Railway Himeji Station and Himeji Castle., History.
Present-day Hygo Prefecture includes the former provinces of Harima, Tajima, Awaji, and parts of Tanba and Settsu., Commuter rail, also called suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates between a city centre, and the middle to outer suburbs beyond 15 km (10 miles) and commuter towns or other locations that draw large numbers of commuterspeople who travel on a daily basis. Trains operate following a schedule, at speeds varying from 50 to 200 km/h (30 to 125 mph). Distance charges or zone pricing may be used., Subject: biwako line, Relation: instance_of, Options: (A) 1 (B) 25 (C) administration (D) august (E) city (F) city centre (G) commuter rail (H) construction (I) earthquake (J) economy (K) electric multiple unit (L) five (M) front (N) government (O) group (P) headquarters (Q) history (R) island of japan (S) january (T) july (U) line (V) locomotive (W) magnitude (X) mail (Y) march (Z) merchant ([) metropolitan area (\) mint (]) moment (^) multiple unit (_) network (`) nickname (a) operation (b) operator (c) part (d) people (e) period (f) point (g) population (h) profit (i) province (j) railway company (k) railway line (l) rice (m) service (n) settlement (o) seven (p) single (q) square (r) station (s) station building (t) trade (u) transport (v) travel
Output: railway line