Timetable information
Weekday departures: 277/day · Sat & holiday departures: 277/day
First / last departure (weekday): 5:14 / 24:29 (00:29 next day)
Busiest hour: 10:00–11:00 (17)
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
- Tokaido Main Line: Konan-yamate ⇄ Sumiyoshi (Hyogo)
Location
History
Settsu-Motoyama Station opened on 25 December 1935 on the Tōkaidō Main Line. With the 1 April 1987 privatisation of Japanese National Railways it came under JR West, which operates the segment commercially as part of the JR Kobe Line. Station numbering JR-A56 was introduced in March 2018. The station sits 578.5 km from the Tōkaidō Main Line's Tokyo terminus and 22.1 km from Osaka, and has two island platforms beneath an elevated station building; only the inner tracks see passenger traffic, the outer pair being reserved for express trains that pass through. Konan University and Kobe Pharmaceutical University are within walking distance of the station.
Notes
Hankyu's Okamoto Station is only about four minutes' walk away, giving an informal interchange between the JR Kobe Line and the Hankyu Kobe Main Line.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: KishujiRapid · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-18