Nishi Kurisu

Known weekday departures: 28/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 28/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 6:19 / 23:07

Busiest hour (known departures): 7:00–8:00 (4)

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).

• Kishin Line: Mikazuki ⇄ Sembon

Nishi-Kurisu Station opened on 24 March 1934 when the Ministry of Railways extended the Himetsu Line (predecessor of today's Kishin Line) from Harima-Shingū to Mikazuki. With the opening of the Himetsu-Nishi section that November the route was renamed the Himetsu-East Line, and the full Himeji - Higashi-Tsuyama line was completed on 8 April 1936, becoming the Kishin Line on 10 October 1936. Freight handling ended in 1962 and parcel service in 1971, leaving the station unstaffed. JR West took over with the 1987 privatisation of Japanese National Railways, and the deteriorating wooden station building was demolished in fiscal 2019, replaced by simple shelter facilities completed in March 2020.