HOT ROLLING FACILITY

In order to provide a hot rolling facility with which an improvement in the manufacturability and the quality of a thin plate material can be achieved with little facility investment this hot rolling facility is equipped with a first rolling line (A) which directly performs finishing rolling with multiple rolling mills (12) on a thin slab (Wa) cast with a continuous casting machine (10) and a second rolling line (B) which is arranged parallel to the first rolling line (A) and with a roughing mill (21) reversibly rolls a thick slab (Wb) heated in a batch type heating furnace (20) with an intermediate material (Wc) that has been rolled with the second rolling line (B) being transported to the first rolling line (A) and undergoing finishing rolling at the first rolling line (A) to produce a final product (S). A crop shear device (30) that cuts and evens up the front and rear ends of the intermediate material (Wc) rolled with the roughing mill (21) is installed in the second rolling line (B).