Kaitaichi

Weekday departures: 274/day · Sat & holiday departures: 274/day

First / last departure (weekday): 5:37 / 24:12 (00:12 next day)

Busiest hour: 18:00–19:00 (20)

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 Kure Line: Yano
• JR Sanyo Main Line: Aki-Nakano ⇄ Mukainada

Kaitaichi Station opened on 10 June 1894 with the San'yō Railway between Itozaki and Hiroshima. On 27 December 1903 the connecting line to Kure was opened, making the station the western junction of what would become the Sanyō Main Line and the Kure Line. The San'yō Railway was nationalised in 1906, and the two lines received their present names with the 1909 nomenclature reform. After the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima many survivors evacuated to Kaitaichi, and with the line west of the station severed the station served as the eastern transfer hub. Freight ended in 1984. JR West took over at the 1987 privatisation; the elevated station building opened on 1 December 1986 and ICOCA service began in 2007. A grade-separation project was scheduled to begin in 2027 and complete in 2036.

Following the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, with the rail line west of the station severed, Kaitaichi became a major refuge and transfer point for survivors heading east.