[1] The station is on the ground level with two opposing side platforms and two tracks.

The distinctive station building is modeled after the Otemon Gate of Shimabara Castle.

The platform and station building are connected by level crossing equipped with an alarm..[1][2] Shimabara Station was opened on 24 September 1913.

The current station building was completed in December 1989.

[3] Media related to Shimabara Station at Wikimedia Commons