The Kojaku Railway that used to run in the west of Lake Biwa (abolished on November 1, 1969) had Shirahige Station in the south of Shirahige-jinja Shrine, but the Kosei Line that replaced it does not have a station there, and the line runs through the Takashima tunnel in the mountain behind the shrine.
かつて湖西を走っていた江若鉄道（1969年11月1日廃止）には、白鬚神社南方に白鬚駅があったが、江若鉄道に取って替わった湖西線に駅は無く、高島トンネルで裏山を抜けている。