Ikuno

Weekday departures: 32/day · Sat & holiday departures: 32/day

First / last departure (weekday): 6:23 / 22:22

Busiest hour: 6:00–7:00 (3)

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 Bantan Line: Nii (Hyogo) ⇄ Hase (Hyogo)

Ikuno Station opened on 17 April 1895 as the terminus of the Bantan Railway when the line was extended from Hase. When the line was extended onward to Arai in 1901, the station was moved 300 m south to its present position. The line passed to San'yō Railway in 1903, was nationalised in 1906, and became part of the Bantan Line in 1909. Freight handling ended in 1973 and parcel service in 1984, and the station joined JR West on 1 April 1987 with the breakup of Japanese National Railways. A new west-side station building opened in 2009, and ICOCA acceptance began on 13 March 2021. The limited express Hamakaze stops here.

Due to the line's leftward curve and uphill grade through Ikuno, the tracks operate in right-hand running here — a rare configuration in Japan, adopted because steam locomotives struggled to stop on the gradient when approached from a left-hand switch.