Hoden

Known weekday departures: 118/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 118/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 5:18 / 24:51 (00:51 next day)

Busiest hour (known departures): 7:00–8:00 (10)

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: Sone (Hyogo) ⇄ Kakogawa

Hōden Station opened on 14 May 1900 as part of the Sanyo Railway 42.3 km from Kobe, built using materials reclaimed from the original Akashi station building. Sanyo Railway was nationalised on 1 December 1906, and the station was relocated 0.1 km to its present site on 1 November 1907. Electrification of the Nishi-Akashi to Himeji section was completed on 10 April 1958. An overhead station building opened on 8 April 1981, adding a north entrance to what had been a south-entrance-only station together with a free north-south passageway. Operations transferred to JR West and JR Freight on 1 April 1987, the JR Kobe Line nickname was adopted the following March, and station numbering JR-A80 was added on 17 March 2018.

The original 1900 Hōden Station building was made from materials salvaged from Akashi Station's first-generation station building, and a Sumitomo Cement freight siding ran into the station until 22 March 1997.