Arai (Hyogo)

Weekday departures: 11/day in the available timetable data · Sat & holiday departures: 47/day in the available timetable data

Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 7:30 / 24:23 (00:23 next day)

Busiest hour in the available data: 20:00–21:00 (3)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.

Timetable data as of 3 May 2026.

The timetable data is incomplete for some or all lines at this station, so the weekday and Sat & holiday figures are departures in the available timetable data, not totals.

Lines where the timetable data is incomplete:

• Sanyo Electric Railway Main Line: only trains from timetables filed under other lines

• Sanyo Electric Railway Main Line: Iho ⇄ Takasago (Hyogo)

Arai Station opened on 19 August 1923 with the Kobe-Himeji Electric Railway. The line was absorbed by Ujigawa Electric in 1927, and the rail division was spun off in 1933 to form the present-day Sanyo Electric Railway. The station was relocated 200 metres east in 1941 and gained an underpass to connect its two side platforms. Express stops started in 1961, the turnback siding was removed in 1967, and the express category was abolished system-wide in 1984; in April 2008 selected through-running limited expresses began calling here again. Step-free access via a dedicated footbridge with lifts on both sides opened in spring 2011.

On 12 February 2013 a six-car limited express bound for Umeda struck a truck on the Shinkō-mae level crossing west of the station; the lead two cars derailed and slid 170 m before colliding with the platform edge, injuring fifteen people. The rear section of the Kobe- and Umeda-bound platform collapsed, and nearby houses and parked cars were damaged as well.