Bitchu-Hirose

Weekday departures: 54/day · Sat & holiday departures: 54/day

First / last departure (weekday): 5:33 / 24:05 (00:05 next day)

Busiest hour: 15:00–16:00 (5)

0:00 ─ 23:00

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

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.

• JR Hakubi Line: Bitchu-Takahashi ⇄ Minagi

Bitchū-Hirose Station opened on 20 June 1926 when the Railway Ministry's Hakubi South Line was extended between Minagi and Kinoyama; the line was renamed the Hakubi Line in October 1928. Freight handling ended on 1 April 1963 and the station was destaffed on 1 October 1971. With the JNR breakup on 1 April 1987 the station passed to JR West. ICOCA-compatible simple gates were installed on 3 July 2007. On 7 July 2018 the entire station was inundated during the Heisei 30 western Japan flood disaster; the rebuilt station building, opened in July 2025, doubles as an emergency-refuge facility, with station functions downstairs, evacuation space upstairs, and an accessible rooftop.

After being submerged in the 2018 western-Japan flood, the rebuilt station building doubles as an emergency-refuge facility, with the platform-level floor below and an evacuation space above.