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Ichibata Electric Railway Kita Matsue Line 北松江線

Railway · Ichibata Electric Railway 一畑電車 · 22 stations

How to ride Ichibata Electric Railway (Bataden) P

Operator-wide facts from Ichibata Electric Railway (Bataden)'s own pages; individual lines and stations can differ.

IC cards (Suica etc.)Not confirmedCarry cash
Credit card touchNot confirmed
OperationOne-man train Pワンマン: the driver collects fares
Where you payOn board P
Change on boardChange machine P
Delays & suspensionsLive status →Shown on the top page; Japanese only
Passes5 valid herefrom ¥1,700

Getting on

  1. At the main stations (Dentetsu-Izumoshi, Izumotaisha-mae, Kawato, Unshū-Hirata, Matsue Shinjiko-Onsen) buy a ticket from the machine or the station staff before boarding.
  2. The ticket gate opens 5–10 minutes before departure; wait in the waiting room until then.
  3. Board by any door.

Getting off

  1. Get off by any door.
  2. Hand your ticket to the staff at the exit, or show your pass. If you have no ticket, give the staff your numbered ticket and pay the fare there.

Getting on

  1. Check the fare to your destination before boarding.
  2. Go straight to the platform and wait at the boarding point for your direction.
  3. Board the front car by its rear door and take a numbered ticket (seiriken) from the machine by the door; keep it.

Getting off

  1. Only one door opens: get off at the front, past the driver.
  2. Show your ticket or pass to the driver.
  3. No ticket: put your numbered ticket and the fare into the fare box at the front. It gives no change; the change machine is next to it and does not take ¥2,000, ¥5,000 or ¥10,000 notes.
Wheelchair assistance

Wheelchair users: contact the nearest staffed station in advance and staff will help you on and off. At some stations the gap between platform and train is wide. Ichibata Electric Railway office: 0853-62-3383 (weekdays 9:00–17:00, Japanese only). Fares, timetables and lost property: 0852-21-2429 (Matsue Shinjiko-Onsen Station). Tel. 0853-62-3383

Sources checked 2026-10-09 · review: draft_unreviewed

Passes valid on this line 5 P

Day passes, regional passes and special tickets that include this line, cheapest first. Prices and rules change: check the official page before you buy.

Seniors 1 day · Unlimited rides

Silver Ticket (1-day pass, 65 and over)

シルバーきっぷ · Ichibata Electric Railway

¥1,700 Aged 65 or over

Day of sale only. Not valid on 31 Dec, 1–3 Jan, or on the days of the Matsue Suigō Festival and the Izumo Shinwa Festival.

Anyone can buy 1 day · Unlimited rides

1-Day Free Ticket

1日フリー乗車券 · Ichibata Electric Railway

¥1,800 Adult · ¥900 Child

Day of sale only; unlimited hop-on hop-off on the whole Ichibata Electric Railway.

Anyone can buy 1 day · Unlimited rides

Matsue Vogel Park & Train 1-Day Ticket (Ichibata, digital)

フォーゲルパーク&電車1日乗車券 · Ichibata Electric Railway

¥3,000 Adult · ¥2,400 Junior high school student · ¥1,500 Child (elementary school)

The day you tap 'use ticket'; start within one month of purchase.

Conditions apply See validity · Unlimited rides

Kangaroo Pass (parent with preschool child, weekends)

子育て応援「カンガルーパス」 · Ichibata Electric Railway

¥3,500 One carer + one preschool child

Six months from the first day of use, on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays only. Not valid 1–3 Jan or on the days of the Matsue Suigō and Izumo Shinwa festivals.

Trains to book on this line 1 P

Sightseeing trains and services whose seats you reserve in advance.

All seats reserved On sale from 1 Nov 2026Sightseeing train

Oden Densha (oden & sake train)

おでん電車 · Ichibata Electric Railway

Matsue Shinjiko Onsen – Ichibataguchi and back (Matsue run); Dentetsu Izumoshi – Ichibataguchi and back (Izumo run)

Winter evening event train, season 1 Nov 2026 – 31 Jan 2027. Scheduled runs: Fri 11 Dec 2026 from Matsue Shinjiko Onsen, and one run from Dentetsu Izumoshi whose date is misprinted on Ichibata's page (it shows a date in January 2026): ask Ichibata. Groups of 10–20 can charter a run on a day of their choice in the season.

¥6,000 Adult, oden, rice-ball box, local sake and a beer

Stations

In order along the main route; branch stations, if any, are listed at the end. English names and readings where OpenStreetMap has them.

#StationEnglishPassengers / day (2024)Guide / other lines
1一畑口 🗣Ichibataguchi149
2園 🗣Sono45
3伊野灘 🗣Inonada22
4津ノ森 🗣Tsunomori75
5高ノ宮 🗣Takanomiya13
6松江フォーゲルパーク 🗣Matsue Vogel Park66
7秋鹿町 🗣Aikamachi104
8長江 🗣Nagae37
9朝日ヶ丘 🗣Asahigaoka160
10松江イングリッシュガーデン前 🗣Matsue English Garden-Mae84
11松江しんじ湖温泉 🗣Matsue-Shinjiko-Onsen1,588
12旅伏 🗣Tabushi180
13湖遊館新駅 🗣Koyukanshin-Eki64
14布崎 🗣Nunozaki128
15雲州平田 🗣Unshu-Hirata990
16川跡 🗣Kawato499Ichibata Electric Railway Taisha Line
17武志 🗣Takeshi66
18美談 🗣Midami32
19大寺 🗣Otera22
20大津町 🗣Ozu285
21出雲科学館パークタウン前 🗣Izumo Science Center-Parktown42
22電鉄出雲市 🗣Dentetsu-Izumoshi1,664

Passengers per day: people boarding and getting off on an average day, all operators at the station counted once each (MLIT station passenger data S12).

Lines and stations: 「国土数値情報(鉄道データ、駅別乗降客数データ)」(国土交通省)を加工して作成 (MLIT National Land Numerical Information, railway data N02-24 and station passengers S12-25, CC BY 4.0). English station names and readings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), where they match. Data & credits.