Takeda (Hyogo)

Weekday departures: 28/day · Sat & holiday departures: 28/day

First / last departure (weekday): 6:21 / 22:43

Busiest hour: 9:00–10:00 (3)

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 Bantan Line: Wadayama ⇄ Aokura

Takeda Station opened on 1 April 1906 with the Sanyō Railway's extension from Nii to Wadayama. The Sanyō Railway was nationalised on 1 December 1906, putting the station on the state railway network; under the 1909 line-naming rules it was placed on the Bantan Line. Freight handling ended on 1 March 1963. On 6 October 1968 Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun made a Royal Train journey to and from this station for the 23rd National Sports Festival in Hyōgo. The station was destaffed and luggage handling ended on 1 April 1973, although operational staff remained. JR West took over on 1 April 1987 at privatisation. On 26 March 2016 limited-express Hamakaze trains 1 and 4 began stopping year-round, making Takeda a regularly scheduled limited-express stop for the first time; ICOCA service began on 13 March 2021. Toyooka management took over on 1 June 2022, and the station now falls under the Kinki Operations Headquarters' Fukuchiyama Management Office.

Takeda Station is the nearest stop to the "Castle in the Sky," the ruins of Takeda Castle. As tourist visits grew from FY2012, the JR West limited-express "Hamakaze" began making extra stops on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays between 27 April and 30 June 2013 — two down trains and one up train — and the Zentan Bus "Tenkū Bus" connecting the station to the castle ruins started simultaneously. Extra stops now run daily from late March to the end of November, in line with the castle's opening season, and since the spring 2016 timetable change Hamakaze 1 and 4 stop here all year round while 3 and 6 continue to make seasonal stops. The station's heavy wooden tile-roofed building has been in continuous use since opening in 1906.