Kurashiki

Known weekday departures: 204/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 204/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 5:34 / 23:52

Busiest hour (known departures): 16:00–17:00 (14)

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: Nakasho ⇄ Nishiachi
• JR Hakubi Line: Kiyone

Kurashiki Station opened on 25 April 1891 as part of the Sanyō Railway between Okayama and Kurashiki, and it became a junction in 1925 when the Hakubi Line opened northward from the station to Shisō (now Gōkei). The Sanyō Railway was nationalised in 1906. When the Sanyō Shinkansen was extended westward, the high-speed line bypassed Kurashiki in favour of Shin-Kurashiki Station, opened in 1975. The current elevated station building dates from 1981, and the attached station tower was reduced from eight storeys to two during a 2013–2015 renovation.

When the Sanyō Shinkansen was routed past Kurashiki to a separate station, the JR system later granted a fare-rule exception letting passengers detour to Okayama and back without paying for the extra distance.