Timetable information
Weekday departures: 54/day · Sat & holiday departures: 54/day
First / last departure (weekday): 5:39 / 23:59
Busiest hour: 17:00–18:00 (5)
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
- JR Hakubi Line: Bitchu-Hirose ⇄ Hiwa
Location
History
Minagi Station opened on 17 May 1925 as the terminus of the Hakubi-South Line (now part of the Hakubi Line) when the line reached this point from Shisō (today's Gōkei) Station. A through-station status came on 20 June 1926 when the line was extended to Kinoyama. Freight handling ended in 1971, parcel handling in 1984, and the station became a simple consigned-operation station the same year. Following Japanese National Railways privatisation on 1 April 1987 it became a JR West facility, and complete unstaffed operation began on 1 April 2007. On 7 December 2007 the original 1925 wooden station building was registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property.
Notes
The 79 m² wooden station building dates from the line's 1925 opening and has been managed by the city of Sōja since 1985; outside of replacing the windows and entrance fittings with aluminium sashes it retains almost its original form.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: MaedaAkihiko · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-18