Timetable information
Weekday departures: 24/day in the available timetable data · Sat & holiday departures: 24/day in the available timetable data
Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 5:08 / 22:41
Busiest hour in the available data: 7:00–8:00 (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.
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 Obama Line: one direction only
Adjacent stations
- JR Obama Line: Higashi-Obama ⇄ Kaminaka
Location
History
Shin-Hirano Station opened on 10 November 1918 when the Imperial Railway Bureau extended the Obama Line from Tomura to Obama, accepting both passengers and freight from the outset. Freight handling ended on 1 March 1961, and on 15 March 1973 baggage/parcel handling was discontinued, the station was unstaffed, and its passing loop was removed. After the privatisation of Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987 it passed to JR West, which rebuilt the station building in November 1987. Today the station is a single side platform serving a single bidirectional track on the Obama Line, located 43.3 km from Tsuruga in the city of Obama, Fukui Prefecture.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: Fwnb · CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-06-09