Shimokawabe

Weekday departures: 10/day · Sat & holiday departures: 10/day

First / last departure (weekday): 5:20 / 20:44

Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (2)

0:00 ─ 23:00

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

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.

• Fukuen Line: Nakahata ⇄ Fuchu (Hiroshima)

Shimo-Kawabe Station opened on 28 July 1938 with the extension of the Fukuen Line of the Railways Ministry between Fuchūmachi (now Fuchū) Station and Jōge Station. The Fuchū–Shimo-Kawabe section was electrified on 10 April 1954 but the electrification was withdrawn on 1 April 1962. Freight handling ended on 10 December 1970, and the station was converted to simplified-consigned operation on 10 March 1982. Upon the privatisation of the Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West and today functions as an unstaffed local stop.