Onomichi

Weekday departures: 93/day · Sat & holiday departures: 93/day

First / last departure (weekday): 5:11 / 23:56

Busiest hour: 15:00–16:00 (7)

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 Sanyo Main Line: Higashi-Onomichi

Onomichi Station opened on 3 November 1891 as the temporary terminus of the privately operated San'yō Railway when its line was extended from Fukuyama. The line continued west to Mihara (the original station, today's Itozaki) in July 1892, leaving Onomichi as an intermediate stop. The San'yō Railway was nationalised in 1906 and the route was designated the San'yō Main Line in 1909. The station passed to JR West at the 1987 privatisation of Japanese National Railways. A 2019 renovation, designed to evoke the original 1891 station building, introduced facilities serving the Twilight Express Mizukaze cruise train.

A restoration completed on 10 March 2019 deliberately echoes the silhouette of the 1891 first-generation Onomichi station building and adds dedicated facilities for the Twilight Express Mizukaze sleeper.