Station

Shirakibaru

白木原

Shirakibaru
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Train service

Weekday departures: 118/day · Sat & holiday departures: 98/day

First / last train (weekday): 5:30 / 23:54

Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (8)

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Counts are departures in the timetable data shown on our live map.

Adjacent stations

Location

History

Shirakibaru Station opened in 1946 as a temporary station on what is now the Nishitetsu Tenjin Ōmuta Line, and was upgraded to permanent on 6 May 1950. The station building was rebuilt in September 1964, and a station-square redevelopment on the west side completed in 2003 introduced a bus turnaround for the Ōnojō City community-bus service. On 1 March 2007 the station moved to a prefabricated temporary building split between east and west, abolishing the in-yard footpath crossing. The nimoca IC card system was introduced on 18 May 2008, and the station was elevated on 28 August 2022 as part of the Zasshonokuma–Shimoōri grade-separation project, with main work expected to finish in May 2024.

Notes

Until the post-1972 closure of the adjacent US Air Force base, the street alongside the station was lined with Western tailors and shops serving American service members; locals called it "Base-dōri".

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