Seta (Shiga)

Known weekday departures: 152/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 152/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 5:02 / 24:35 (00:35 next day)

Busiest hour (known departures): 17:00–18:00 (11)

0:00 ─ 23:00

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).

• Tokaido Main Line: Minami-Kusatsu ⇄ Ishiyama

The Tōkaidō Main Line passed through Seta on its way to Kyoto in 1889 without a station here; petitions for one in 1900 were instead answered by the building of Ishiyama Station three years later. The matter reopened in 1960 when Tōkaidō Shinkansen surveyors sought local permission to enter Seta land; residents made consent conditional on belated construction of the long-promised station. With the Kyōto-Kusatsu quadruple-tracking works under way, Seta Station finally opened on 12 August 1969 as a JNR passenger-only stop, with its 118 million yen construction cost borne by the town. JR West succeeded JNR in 1987, the line gained the "Biwako Line" nickname in 1988, and station numbering as JR-A26 was introduced in March 2018.

Because JR Kyūshū's Hōhi Main Line has a Seta Station of its own in Kumamoto Prefecture, tickets for this Shiga station are printed as (東)瀬田 to avoid confusion between the two.