Timetable information
Weekday departures: 147/day · Sat & holiday departures: 147/day
First / last departure (weekday): 5:13 / 23:31
Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (13)
0:00 ─ 23:00
Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.
Timetable data as of 17 April 2026 to 2 May 2026: the timetables behind these figures were retrieved on different dates.
Adjacent stations
- JR Kure Line: Sunami
- San'yo Shinkansen: Shin-Onomichi ⇄ Higashi-Hiroshima
- JR Sanyo Main Line: Hongo (Hiroshima) ⇄ Itozaki
Location
History
Mihara Station opened on 10 June 1894 when the San'yō Railway was extended from Itozaki — itself originally called Mihara — onward to Hiroshima, with the new station taking the Mihara name and the older terminus renamed Itozaki. The line was nationalised in 1906. Following the JNR privatisation of 1 April 1987, the station passed to JR West. The San'yō Shinkansen extension from Okayama to Hakata opened with a Shinkansen platform at Mihara on 10 March 1975, after the city secured signatures from local landowners to overturn an earlier plan favouring Onomichi.
Notes
The Shinkansen platform exists because Mayor Shōzō Nagao gathered signatures from 3,828 landowners and residents in January 1969, persuading JNR to switch the planned mid-section stop from Onomichi to Mihara.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: そらみみ · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-18