Bitchu-Kawamo

Weekday departures: 30/day · Sat & holiday departures: 30/day

First / last departure (weekday): 5:18 / 23:32

Busiest hour: 6:00–7:00 (2)

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: Hokoku ⇄ Kinoyama

Bitchū-Kawamo Station opened on 31 July 1927 when the Hakubi South Line was extended from Kinoyama, initially as a provisional terminus. The Hakubi North and South sections were joined on 25 October 1928 to form the Hakubi Line and through-running between Bitchū-Kawamo and Kamiishimi started on 25 November, making the station an intermediate stop. Freight was discontinued in 1963 and parcel handling in 1971, when the station was made unstaffed. JNR privatisation passed the station to JR West on 1 April 1987, and ICOCA service began on 13 March 2021. The station has two opposed platforms allowing trains to cross, with a concrete station building on the down-line side and a footbridge connecting both platforms.

Bitchū-Kawamo served as the Hakubi South Line's terminus from its opening on 31 July 1927, and although the line was formally extended north to Adachi on 25 October 1928, no trains ran over the new section at first: scheduled service between Bitchū-Kawamo and Kamiishimi did not begin until 25 November, so the station remained the operational terminus for another month.