Timetable information
Weekday departures: 68/day · Sat & holiday departures: 68/day
First / last departure (weekday): 6:30 / 22:56
Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (6)
0:00 ─ 23:00
Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.
Timetable data as of 17 April 2026.
Location
History
Gifu-Hashima Station opened on 1 October 1964 with the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, in the city of Hashima, Gifu Prefecture, and remains the only Shinkansen station in the prefecture. Platforms were extended to take 16-car trains on 15 March 1970, and track 0 was added in 1978. Meitetsu opened the adjacent Shin-Hashima Station of the Hashima Line on 11 December 1982, providing rail access from Gifu City. The station passed to JR Central at privatisation on 1 April 1987, automatic ticket gates were installed on 10 March 1998, and a renovation in 2005 reinforced the first floor and reorganised the ticket office. As of 2023, one "Hikari" and one "Kodama" call at the station each hour for almost the whole day.
Notes
A bronze statue of Banboku Ōno and his wife stands in the north plaza — erected by local supporters in December 1964 after the politician died that July without seeing the line open, popularising the now-disputed "political station" legend around the site selection.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: Hide-sp · CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-18