Shimao

Known weekday departures: 35/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 35/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 6:10 / 22:54

Busiest hour (known departures): 8:00–9:00 (4)

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).

• Himi Line: Himi ⇄ Amaharashi

Shimao Station opened on 5 April 1912 as the terminus of a Chūetsu Railway extension from Fushiki, before the line was pushed further north to Himi later that year. It was nationalised in 1920 along with the rest of the Chūetsu Railway and became part of the Himi Light Railway, renamed the Himi Line under the 1922 reorganisation. Freight and parcel handling were progressively withdrawn between 1959 and 1982, and the station was destaffed in 1984. JR West took over on 1 April 1987 with the breakup of JNR. The current wooden station building dates from a 1990 rebuild and has a yacht-sail-shaped roof reflecting the adjacent Shimao swimming beach.