Shinohara (Shiga)

Weekday departures: 88/day · Sat & holiday departures: 88/day

First / last departure (weekday): 5:28 / 24:16 (00:16 next day)

Busiest hour: 6:00–7:00 (7)

0:00 ─ 23:00

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

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.

• Tokaido Main Line: Omihachiman ⇄ Yasu (Shiga)

Shinohara Station traces its origin to a signal stop opened on 1 June 1918 on the Japanese Government Railways' Tōkaidō Main Line. It was promoted to a full station on 20 April 1921, beginning passenger and freight service. Freight was discontinued on 1 February 1962 and parcel handling on 15 March 1972. The station passed to JR West at the 1 April 1987 privatisation, and was branded as part of the Biwako Line nickname from 13 March 1988. A through-station footbridge and elevated concourse, costing roughly 1.43 billion yen, opened on 19 September 2015, providing barrier-free access and creating the station's south exit; ICOCA contactless ticketing became available on 1 November 2003.

It is the closest station in a straight line to Ryūō, Gamō District, which has no railway of its own, but because the Special Rapid does not stop here, many Ryūō residents instead use Yasu or Ōmi-Hachiman stations.