Akashi

Known weekday departures: 514/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 514/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 4:48 / 25:11 (01:11 next day)

Busiest hour (known departures): 18:00–19:00 (35)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are the departures known from the timetable data, not a count of today's actual service.

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026 (retrieved in spring/summer 2026).

• JR Sanyo Main Line: Nishi-Akashi ⇄ Asagiri (Hyogo)

Akashi Station opened on 1 November 1888 with the extension of the Sanyō Railway from Hyōgo, and became an intermediate station on 23 December that year when the line was extended to Himeji. Nationalised in 1906 and made part of the San'yō Main Line in 1909, the station began electric services in 1934 and saw freight handling end in 1960. Elevation of both tracks was completed in 1964, moving the platforms about 160 m west of the old site. Closed briefly after the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake, the station gained ICOCA IC-card acceptance in 2003 and is now operated as a directly managed station under Nishi-Akashi.

The mascot displayed in the concourse—a Shigaraki-ware tanuki named "Akashi Ponta"—is the fourth to stand there since 1981; the third Ponta was replaced in 2019 after vandals smashed the back of its head and started using it as a trash can.