History
Shinonome Station opened on 12 April 1924 with the inauguration of the Government Railways line between Maizuru (now Nishi-Maizuru) and Miyazu. Freight handling ended on 1 October 1961 and parcel handling on 1 October 1970. In February 1984 the passing siding was taken out of service and the station became a single-track halt. JR West inherited the station with privatisation on 1 April 1987. In January 1990 the siding was reinstated, and on 1 April 1990 the line transferred to Kitakinki Tango Railway. The present station building was completed on 28 March 1994. The nickname 'Anju-no-Sato Station' was introduced in March 2014, and on 1 April 2015 the line passed to WILLER TRAINS as part of the Kyoto Tango Railway's Miyamai Line.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.
Notes
The station's nickname 'Anju-no-Sato' (the Land of Anju) references the medieval legend of Anju and Zushiō, set in the surrounding Mizuma district of Maizuru. The station name itself derives from the former village of Shinonome, which existed at the time the stop was opened.