Nishi-Akashi

Weekday departures: 436/day · Sat & holiday departures: 436/day

First / last train (weekday): 4:44 / 24:31

Busiest hour: 8:00–9:00 (29)

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• San'yō Shinkansen: Himeji ⇄ Shin-Kobe
• JR Sanyō Main Line: Ōkubo (Hyogo) ⇄ Akashi

Nishi-Akashi Station opened as Akashi Marshalling Yard on 25 March 1930 and was upgraded to a passenger station on 1 April 1944, initially serving employees of the Kawasaki Aircraft Industries factory next door. Full public service began on 1 April 1946 and an overhead station building was completed in June 1961. The Tōkaidō and Sanyō line section between Takatori and the station was quadruple-tracked on 28 March 1965, the western end of what is today Japan's longest stretch of parallel tracks. A Sanyō Shinkansen station opened with the line on 15 March 1972, and operation passed to JR West at privatisation on 1 April 1987.

The Tōkaidō and Sanyō line section from Kusatsu in Shiga Prefecture to Nishi-Akashi forms the longest continuously quadruple-tracked stretch on Japan's railway network, running roughly 120 kilometres.