Timetable information
Known weekday departures: 139/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 139/day
First / last known departure (weekday): 5:12 / 24:38 (00:38 next day)
Busiest hour (known departures): 18:00–19:00 (12)
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).
Adjacent stations
- JR Sanyo Main Line: Hachihommatsu ⇄ Saijo
Location
History
Jike Station is a JR West stop on the San'yō Main Line in Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, 275.2 kilometres from Kobe, station number JR-G09. It opened on 4 March 2017 between Saijō and Hachihommatsu after a long campaign by local groups, originally organised around the Jike Station Construction Promotion Council founded in 1987. The basic agreement between JR West and the city of Higashihiroshima was signed on 4 August 2014, and the official name was announced on 8 July 2016. Construction costs of roughly 2.1 billion yen were borne entirely by the city. The station is unstaffed and managed from Kaitaichi, and rapid services such as the Commuter Liner and Cityliner run through without stopping.
Notes
The station's designated telegraphic abbreviation is "Chike" (チケ) rather than the obvious "Shike" (シケ), because the latter was already in use at Shigeyasu and Jōge stations on JR West.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: Inaji pc · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-09-03