Shibukawa

Weekday departures: 16/day in the available timetable data · Sat & holiday departures: 16/day in the available timetable data

Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 6:46 / 23:31

Busiest hour in the available data: 8:00–9:00 (2)

0:00 ─ 23:00

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

Timetable data as of 3 May 2026.

The timetable data is incomplete for some or all lines at this station, so the weekday and Sat & holiday figures are departures in the available timetable data, not totals.

Lines where the timetable data is complete: Joetsu Line

Lines where the timetable data is incomplete:

• Agatsuma Line: no timetable data

• Joetsu Line: Shikishima ⇄ Yagihara

Shibukawa Station opened on 1 July 1921 with the Jōetsu South Line's extension from Shin-Maebashi, after the town of Shibukawa lobbied to bring the route along the right bank of the Tone River. It is the official terminus of the Agatsuma Line, opened in stages from 2 January 1945 and electrified on 10 June 1967. JR East and JR Freight took over operations on 1 April 1987 with the JNR privatisation. As the nearest station to Ikaho Onsen and a base for sightseeing around Mount Haruna, it carries the secondary name 'Ikaho Onsen - Lake Haruna Gateway', and it serves as a hub for buses to those destinations and to Tokyo and Osaka long-distance services.

A sculpture in the station's bus-rotary marks Shibukawa's claim to lie at the geographical centre of Japan, set within a large pavement map of the country.