Station

Kawachi-Katakami

河内堅上

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Kawachi-Katakami
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Timetable information

Known weekday departures: 142/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 142/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 4:43 / 24:48 (00:48 next day)

Busiest hour (known departures): 8:00–9:00 (9)


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

Location

History

Kawachi-Katakami Station traces back to the Aotani Signal Stop, opened on 5 November 1911 by the Imperial Railway Agency on the Kansai Main Line between Ōji and Kashiwara. Renamed Aotani Signal Station in 1922, it was upgraded to a passenger station on 19 April 1927 under the present name. Parcel handling was discontinued in 1973, and the station passed to JR West in the 1987 privatisation, adopting the Yamatoji Line route nickname the following year. ICOCA acceptance began on 1 November 2003, station numbering JR-Q29 was introduced on 17 March 2018, and the staffed ticket window closed on 31 March 2025.

Notes

Daily ridership is the lowest on the entire Yamatoji Line, reflecting the station's mountainous setting on the Osaka–Nara border; cherry trees planted along the embankment beside the down platform are lit up at night when in bloom.

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