Shin-Onomichi

Known weekday departures: 45/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 45/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 6:28 / 23:31

Busiest hour (known departures): 7:00–8:00 (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 17 April 2026 (retrieved in spring/summer 2026).

• San'yo Shinkansen: Fukuyama ⇄ Mihara

Shin-Onomichi Station opened on 13 March 1988 as a petitioned addition to the JR West San'yō Shinkansen between Fukuyama and Mihara, on the inland edge of Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture. The local consortium that backed it covered the full 6.2 billion yen construction cost, and JR West runs it as a directly-managed station within Onomichi station's jurisdiction. Two elevated side platforms flank twin through-tracks for non-stopping trains. From November 1997 only Kodama services called; two up Hikari services were restored in March 2008 and one down Hikari service in March 2009, although since March 2012 only the two early-morning up Hikari trains stop. The Midori-no-Madoguchi office was withdrawn in February 2023.

Construction was funded entirely by Onomichi and surrounding municipalities after Mihara's mayor outmaneuvered the original plan to put the mid-section Shinkansen stop at Onomichi; the two-station outcome leaves Shin-Onomichi only 11 km from Mihara, one of the shortest inter-station gaps on the line.