Nishi-Akashi

Weekday departures: 436/day · Sat & holiday departures: 436/day

First / last departure (weekday): 4:44 / 24:31 (00:31 next day)

Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (29)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.

Timetable data as of 17 April 2026 to 2 May 2026: the timetables behind these figures were retrieved on different dates.

• San'yo Shinkansen: Himeji ⇄ Shin-Kobe
• JR Sanyo Main Line: Okubo (Hyogo) ⇄ Akashi

Nishi-Akashi Station opened as Akashi Marshalling Yard on 25 March 1930 and was upgraded to a passenger station on 1 April 1944, initially serving employees of the Kawasaki Aircraft Industries factory next door. Full public service began on 1 April 1946 and an overhead station building was completed in June 1961. The San'yō Main Line section between Takatori and the station was quadruple-tracked on 28 March 1965, giving the station the western end of what is today Japan's longest quadruple-tracked stretch, which begins at Kusatsu on the Tōkaidō Main Line. A Sanyō Shinkansen station opened with the line on 15 March 1972, and operation passed to JR West at privatisation on 1 April 1987.

The Tōkaidō and Sanyō line section from Kusatsu in Shiga Prefecture to Nishi-Akashi forms the longest continuously quadruple-tracked stretch on Japan's railway network, running roughly 120 kilometres.