Timetable information
Weekday departures: 134/day · Sat & holiday departures: 134/day
First / last departure (weekday): 5:35 / 23:32
Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (13)
0:00 ─ 23:00
Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.
Timetable data as of 17 April 2026 to 2 May 2026: the timetables behind these figures were retrieved on different dates.
Adjacent stations
- San'yo Shinkansen: Shin-Iwakuni ⇄ Shin-Yamaguchi
- JR Sanyo Main Line: Shinnan-yo ⇄ Kushigahama
Location
History
Tokuyama Station opened on 25 September 1897 as the terminus of the San'yō Railway's westward extension from Hiroshima, becoming a through station the following March when the line reached Mitajiri (now Hōfu). The railway was nationalised in 1906 and the route renamed the San'yō Main Line in 1909. The Gantoku Line opened on 1 December 1934, branching off the next stop east at Kushigahama. San'yō Shinkansen service began on 10 March 1975 with the Okayama–Hakata extension, and Nozomi trains have called here since October 2003. JR West succeeded JNR at privatisation in 1987. A new elevated conventional-line concourse opened on 6 September 2014 alongside a north–south passageway.
Notes
Tokuyama's Shinkansen platforms sit on a curve of just 1,600 m radius, forcing non-stop trains to slow to 185 km/h — and leaving trains stopped at the platform visibly tilted along the curve.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: isiz · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-18