Station

Makimuku

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Makimuku
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Timetable information

Known weekday departures: 62/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 62/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 5:46 / 23:36

Busiest hour (known departures): 9:00–10:00 (4)


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

Makimuku Station opened on 1 August 1955 as a new stop on the Japanese National Railways Sakurai Line, inserted between Yanagimoto and Miwa, and was the only station on the line to begin service in the Shōwa era. It was originally a passenger-only halt without on-site staff, with intermittent shifts in staffing through the 1970s and 1980s before CTC modernisation in 1984 made it permanently unattended. With privatisation on 1 April 1987 it passed to JR West, ICOCA contactless ticketing began in 2005, and from 13 March 2010 train services have been branded under the Man-yō Mahoroba Line nickname while the rail name Sakurai Line is retained.

Notes

The station sits beside the Makimuku archaeological site, whose remains include the Hashihaka Kofun.

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