Timetable information
Weekday departures: 28/day · Sat & holiday departures: 28/day
First / last departure (weekday): 5:56 / 23:21
Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (4)
0:00 ─ 23:00
Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.
Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.
Location
History
Bitchū-Kōjiro Station opened on 25 October 1928 with the full opening of the Government Railways' Hakubi Line between Bitchū-Kawamo and Adachi, although train operation through the station did not begin until 25 November 1928. On 10 February 1930 the Sanshin Line opened to Yagami and the station became a junction; initially many Sanshin services terminated at Bitchū-Kōjiro rather than running through to nearby Niimi. On 1 July 1937 the Sanshin Line was renamed and became part of the Geibi Line. Freight and parcel services were discontinued on 1 October 1971 and the station was de-staffed. The station became part of JR West on 1 April 1987 at the privatisation of Japanese National Railways. In January 2001 the wooden station building was demolished, leaving only its entrance gate; a small waiting room was installed in February. The entrance gate was itself removed around August 2022, and a simple new station-building-cum-waiting-room came into service in December 2022. The station is the formal northern terminus of the Geibi Line, although all line passenger trains continue to Niimi via the Hakubi Line.
Notes
Bitchū-Kōjiro Station has been used as a filming location for the film "Yatsuhakamura" (The Village of Eight Graves). When the public toilet was removed in 2022 along with the entrance gate left from the old station building, notices were posted asking passengers to use the toilets on board trains instead.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: 世界の坂田銀時 · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-22