Timetable information
Weekday departures: 289/day · Sat & holiday departures: 289/day
First / last departure (weekday): 5:21 / 24:48 (00:48 next day)
Busiest hour: 19:00–20:00 (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.
Adjacent stations
- Kakogawa Line: Hioka
- JR Sanyo Main Line: Hoden ⇄ Higashi Kakogawa
Location
History
Kakogawa Station opened on 23 December 1888 with the Sanyō Railway's extension from Akashi to Himeji. The line was nationalised in 1906 and incorporated into the San'yō Main Line in 1909. A separate Banshū Railway terminus, Kakogawachō (forerunner of today's Kakogawa Line and the now-closed Takasago Line), opened beside the station in 1913 and was absorbed in 1915. The Takasago Line closed in 1984. JR West inherited the station at the 1987 privatisation, and a continuous grade-separation project carried out from 1998 to 2005 lifted both the San'yō Main Line and the Kakogawa Line onto elevated platforms. Station numbering JR-A79 was introduced in March 2018, and limited expresses returned in 2019 after a multi-decade absence.
Notes
The old ground-level station building demolished during the 2000s elevation works had originally been built in 1910 as Sakurajima Station in Osaka, then relocated to Kakogawa in 1919.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: 663highland · CC BY 2.5 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-18