Shiga

Weekday departures: 103/day in the available timetable data · Sat & holiday departures: 103/day in the available timetable data

Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 5:23 / 24:20 (00:20 next day)

Busiest hour in the available data: 19:00–20:00 (8)

0:00 ─ 23:00

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

Timetable data as of 2 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 incomplete:

• JR Kosei Line: only trains from timetables filed under other lines

• JR Kosei Line: Hira (Shiga) ⇄ Horai

Shiga Station opened on 20 July 1974 as part of the brand-new Kosei Line built by JNR along the western shore of Lake Biwa in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture. Operations passed to JR West on 1 April 1987 at the JNR privatisation, and ICOCA card use began in November 2003. The station is configured with two elevated opposed side platforms above a ground-level station building. Until 1969 the Kōjaku Railway ran through the area, and its Ōmi-Kido stop stood on the site of the present station. Station numbering JR-B21 was introduced in March 2018, and the station became unstaffed on 1 September 2025.