Timetable information
Weekday departures: 118/day · Sat & holiday departures: 98/day
First / last departure (weekday): 5:30 / 23:54
Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (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.
Adjacent stations
- Nishitetsu Tenjin Omuta Line: Kasugabaru ⇄ Shimo-Ori
Location
History
Shirakibaru Station opened in 1946 as a temporary station on what is now the Nishitetsu Tenjin Ōmuta Line, and was upgraded to permanent on 6 May 1950. The station building was rebuilt in September 1964, and a station-square redevelopment on the west side completed in 2003 introduced a bus turnaround for the Ōnojō City community-bus service. On 1 March 2007 the station moved to a prefabricated temporary building split between east and west, abolishing the in-yard footpath crossing. The nimoca IC card system was introduced on 18 May 2008, and the station was elevated on 28 August 2022 as part of a grade-separation project, with the associated work expected to finish at the end of May 2024.
Notes
Until the nearby US military base closed in 1972, the road running past the station was lined with Western tailors and other small shops catering to American service members; the Shirakibaru shopping street of that era, hung with signs in Roman letters, was known to locals as "Base-dōri".
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: MaedaAkihiko · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-22