Koto

Known weekday departures: 50/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 50/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 5:54 / 23:05

Busiest hour (known departures): 17:00–18:00 (5)

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: Hon-Yura ⇄ Ube

Kotō Station opened on 3 December 1900 as 'Funaki Station,' simultaneously with the completion of the Sanyo Railway's line between Mitajiri (present-day Hōfu) and Asa. Following nationalization in December 1906 and incorporation into the Sanyo Main Line in October 1909, it was renamed Kotō Station in November 1916. Freight handling ended in September 1962. In October 1972, ahead of the completion of the Sanyo Shinkansen between Okayama and Hakata, it was relocated to its present site. Parcel handling ended in February 1984, and the station passed to JR West at the April 1987 division and privatization of Japanese National Railways. ICOCA use began in April 2023. It is an unstaffed station with a combined side-and-island platform layout of two platforms serving three tracks, with the station building beneath the elevated Sanyo Shinkansen structure.