Inae

Weekday departures: 87/day · Sat & holiday departures: 87/day

First / last departure (weekday): 5:13 / 24:31 (00:31 next day)

Busiest hour: 18:00–19:00 (7)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.

• Tokaido Main Line: Kawase ⇄ Notogawa

Inae Station opened on 1 July 1920 as an intermediate stop on the JGR Tōkaidō Line in present-day Hikone, Shiga Prefecture. Freight handling ceased in February 1963 and parcels in March 1985. The station passed to JR West on 1 April 1987 with the privatisation of JNR, and from 1988 has been marketed as part of the Biwako Line. ICOCA card use began in November 2003. A new elevated station building with an east–west passage opened on 11 December 2016. Station numbering JR-A16 was added in March 2018.