A new station, tentatively called Minami-Biwako Station, was going to open in fiscal year 2012 on the Tokaido Shinkansen between Maibara Station and Kyoto Station, and its construction began.
米原～京都間に東海道新幹線の新駅南びわ湖駅（仮称）が計画・着工され2012年度に開業予定であった。