Wake

Weekday departures: 55/day · Sat & holiday departures: 55/day

First / last departure (weekday): 5:39 / 23:32

Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (5)

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 Sanyo Main Line: Yoshinaga ⇄ Kumayama

Wake Station opened on 18 March 1891 with the Sanyo Railway’s extension between Mitsuishi and Okayama, in what is now Wake town in Okayama Prefecture. The Sanyo Railway was nationalised on 1 December 1906, and the line was designated the San’yō Main Line from October 1909. On 1 January 1923 the Katakami Railway (operated by Dowa Mining by the time of its closure) opened its own station here, making Wake an interchange. Freight services ended on 15 August 1971 and parcel handling on 1 February 1985. With JNR privatisation on 1 April 1987 the station passed to JR West, and the Dowa Mining Katakami Railway Line closed on 1 July 1991. The Midori-no-madoguchi ticket office ended service on 22 February 2019, and station numbering JR-S09 was introduced in September 2020.

The station grounds house the "Okayama General Practical Training Center," where JR West trains employees of its Okayama Branch Office who handle train operations work.