Timetable information
Weekday departures: 24/day · Sat & holiday departures: 24/day
First / last departure (weekday): 6:36 / 21:59
Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (4)
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
- San'in Main Line: Kottoi ⇄ Nagato Futami
Location
History
Takibe Station opened on 16 August 1925 as the temporary terminus of the Ministry of Railways' Kogushi Line, extended from Kogushi. The line was pushed to Agawa on 9 September 1928, and in February 1933 was incorporated into the San'in Main Line. Freight handling ended in 1972. With JNR privatisation on 1 April 1987 the station transferred to JR West, and in April 2008 the management contract was passed to the local NPO "Kankyō Mirai Shimonoseki". The originally planned coastal alignment was diverted inland to accommodate residents' wishes and project budget, leaving Takibe and Kottoi as inland stops on what is otherwise a coastal line.
Notes
During the JNR era, Takibe Station hosted a 3:29 a.m. local departure to Shimonoseki — excluding designated night trains, the earliest scheduled first departure anywhere in Japan.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: そらみみ · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-18