Station

Minami-Shinji

南宍道

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Minami-Shinji
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Timetable information

Known weekday departures: 21/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 21/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 6:48 / 21:45

Busiest hour (known departures): 7:00–8:00 (2)


Figures are the departures known from the timetable data, not a count of today's actual service.

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026 (retrieved in spring/summer 2026).

Adjacent stations

Location

History

Minami Shinji Station opened on 1 January 1962 on the Japanese National Railways Kisuki Line, between Shinji and Kamo-naka in what is now the city of Matsue, Shimane Prefecture. From the outset it served only diesel rail-car passenger trains and had no staff. The station passed to JR West on 1 April 1987 with the privatisation of JNR, and from the 13 March 2021 timetable revision every scheduled train calls. The single side platform sits on a 10‰ gradient on the right-hand side facing Bingo-Ochiai, well above the surrounding roads; there is no station building and passengers reach the platform directly via an entrance at the Bingo-Ochiai end.

Notes

Minami Shinji's platform itself lies on a 10‰ gradient, so trains stand on a slope; since the timetable revision of 13 March 2021, every scheduled Kisuki Line train calls here.

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