Shin-Hiro

Known weekday departures: 90/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 90/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 5:03 / 24:31 (00:31 next day)

Busiest hour (known departures): 18:00–19:00 (7)

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).

• JR Kure Line: Aki-Aga ⇄ Hiro

Shin-Hiro Station opened on 23 March 2002 as a simply-managed stop on the JR West Kure Line between Hiro and Aki-Aga, with the Akiji Liner rapid service stopping from the outset. Although forecast at 2,400 boardings per day, demand soon exceeded those projections, and from July 2016 Kure City and JR West jointly carried out a station-upgrade project. A temporary station building opened in October 2016, the Midori-no-Madoguchi ticket counter began in February 2017, and the full rebuild — including a basic-type ticket gate, expanded platform canopy and partial platform widening — was completed that March. The ticket counter closed at the end of April 2025 and on-site staffing was switched to remote intercom support on 1 May 2025.

Demand at Shin-Hiro outstripped the original 2,400-passengers-per-day projection so heavily that JR West and Kure City had to rebuild the station within 15 years of opening.