Timetable information
Weekday departures: 23/day · Sat & holiday departures: 23/day
First / last departure (weekday): 5:27 / 22:32
Busiest hour: 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 2 May 2026.
Adjacent stations
- San'in Main Line: Kushiro (Shimane) ⇄ Hamada
Location
History
Shimokō Station opened on September 1, 1921 with the extension of the Tetsudōshō San'in Main Line from Tsunozu to Hamada, in what is now Hamada, Shimane Prefecture. Freight handling ceased on October 1, 1974 and operations were contracted out from June 20, 1977. Parcel service ended on February 1, 1984 and the station became unstaffed on March 14, 1985, briefly returning to staffed status when JR West took over at JNR privatization on April 1, 1987 before becoming permanently unstaffed in March 1990. From December 6, 1997, the former station office has operated as a local community centre. The unbuilt Imafuku Line was originally planned to terminate here.
Notes
The unbuilt 'old-route' alignment of the Imafuku Line, abandoned without ever opening, was planned to terminate at Shimokō.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: 切干大根 · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-18