Ayabe

Weekday departures: 104/day in the available timetable data · Sat & holiday departures: 104/day in the available timetable data

Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 5:15 / 23:06

Busiest hour in the available data: 17:00–18:00 (10)

0:00 ─ 23:00

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

Timetable data as of 2 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 complete: San'in Main Line

Lines where the timetable data is incomplete:

• JR Maizuru Line: one direction only

• San'in Main Line: Takatsu (Kyoto) ⇄ Yamaga
• JR Maizuru Line: Fuchigaki

Ayabe Station opened on 3 November 1904 when state-built track connected Fukuchiyama and what is now Higashi-Maizuru, and was leased the same day to the Hankaku Railway. The Hankaku Railway was nationalised in 1907 and absorbed into the San'in Main Line in 1912, the year the Maizuru Line branched away from this junction. Freight handling ended in 1982 and parcel handling in 1985. The station joined the West Japan Railway Company on 1 April 1987 at JNR privatization. A new elevated overpass station building opened on 25 September 1999, replacing the original south-side structure, and ICOCA acceptance arrived on 13 March 2021.

Limited-express trains "Kinosaki" and "Hashidate" bound for the San'in Main Line and "Maizuru" bound for the Maizuru Line couple and uncouple at Ayabe, a routine split-and-join operation built into the regular daily timetable.