Timetable information
Known weekday departures: 11/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 11/day
First / last known departure (weekday): 7:15 / 19:52
Busiest hour (known departures): 7:00–8:00 (2)
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).
Adjacent stations
- JR Geibi Line: Hirako ⇄ Bingo-Shobara
Location
History
Taka Station opened on 15 March 1934 as part of the then Shōbara Line, when the line was extended from Bingo-Shōbara to Bingo-Saijō. The route was absorbed into the Sanshin Line on 10 October 1936 and into today's Geibi Line on 1 July 1937. Goods handling ceased on 11 March 1962 and parcel handling on 1 September 1972. The station became unattended on 31 October 1983 under a simplified-commission arrangement, and at JNR's privatisation on 1 April 1987 it passed to JR West. The crossing loop was removed in 2010, reducing the layout to one ground-level side platform serving a bi-directional single track. The wooden 1934 station building remains in use. The station sits in Taka-chō, Shōbara, Hiroshima Prefecture.
Notes
After the second track was removed in 2010, residents repurposed the abandoned platform as a decorative flower bed; in fiscal 2020 the station's average daily boarding count was zero.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: Mitsuki-2368 · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-09-02