Ishibe Station 石部駅
Ishibe Station in September 2007
General information
Location	3-5 Ishibenishi, Konan-shi, Shiga-ken 520-3105 Japan
Coordinates	35°1′3.67″N 136°3′10.67″E / 35.0176861°N 136.0529639°E / 35.0176861; 136.0529639
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	C  Kusatsu Line
Distance	27.6 km from Tsuge
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Website	Official website
History
Opened	December 15, 1889
Passengers
FY2019	1871 daily
Services
Preceding station JR West Following station Tehara towards Kusatsu Kusatsu Line Local Kōsei towards Tsuge
Location Ishibe Station Location within Shiga Prefecture Show map of Shiga Prefecture Ishibe Station Ishibe Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Ishibe Station (石部駅, Ishibe-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Konan, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Ishibe Station is served by the Kusatsu Line, and is 27.6 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Tsuge.

The station consists of two opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Ishibe Station opened on December 15, 1889 as a station on the Kansai Railway, which was nationalized in 1907 to become part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR), and subsequently the Japan National Railway (JNR) . The station became part of the West Japan Railway Company on April 1, 1987 due to the privatization and dissolution of the JNR.

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1871 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

• Yoshimiko Shrine -10 minutes on foot
• Yoshihime Shrine -15 minutes on foot
• Ishibe-shukuba no Sato -15 minutes on foot
• Ishibe Historical Museum -15 minutes on foot

• List of railway stations in Japan

Media related to Ishibe Station at Wikimedia Commons

• JR West official home page