Shishido

Weekday departures: 48/day · Sat & holiday departures: 48/day

First / last train (weekday): 5:17 / 23:11

Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (4)

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• JR Mito Line: Kasama ⇄ Tomobe

Shishido Station opened on 16 January 1889 as Ōtamachi Station, named after the village of Ōtamachi-mura in western Ibaraki. Just over three months later, on 25 May, the surrounding village reorganised as Shishido-machi and the station was renamed accordingly. It was transferred to Nippon Railway in 1892, nationalised in 1906, and assigned to the Mito Line on 12 October 1909. After JNR was privatised in 1987 the station came under JR East. Suica service began on 18 November 2001; a new station building was completed in July 2012. It became unstaffed in March 2019, with ticket sales resumed via a simple commission with the city of Kasama the following month.

The station's opening name "Ōtamachi" lasted just three months — the village whose name it bore merged into Shishido-machi only 129 days after the station opened, forcing the rename.