Kawachi-Katakami

Weekday departures: 142/day · Sat & holiday departures: 142/day

First / last departure (weekday): 4:43 / 24:48 (00:48 next day)

Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (9)

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 Yamatoji Line: Sango (Nara) ⇄ Takaida (JR West)

Kawachi-Katakami Station traces back to the Aotani Signal Stop, opened on 5 November 1911 by the Imperial Railway Agency on the Kansai Main Line between Ōji and Kashiwara. Renamed Aotani Signal Station in 1922, it was upgraded to a passenger station on 19 April 1927 under the present name. Parcel handling was discontinued in 1973, and the station passed to JR West in the 1987 privatisation, adopting the Yamatoji Line route nickname the following year. ICOCA acceptance began on 1 November 2003, station numbering JR-Q29 was introduced on 17 March 2018, and the staffed ticket window closed on 31 March 2025.

Daily ridership is the lowest on the entire Yamatoji Line, reflecting the station's mountainous setting on the Osaka–Nara border; cherry trees planted along the embankment beside the down platform are lit up at night when in bloom.