Takatsuki (Osaka)

Known weekday departures: 538/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 538/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 4:58 / 24:21 (00:21 next day)

Busiest hour (known departures): 7:00–8:00 (36)

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).

• Tokaido Main Line: Shimamoto ⇄ Settsu-Tonda

Takatsuki Station opened on 26 July 1876 when the government railway between Osaka and Mukōmachi began provisional service; it was the only intermediate station on the single-track line and was therefore used by trains in both directions to cross. Stonework salvaged from Takatsuki Castle was reused in the rail bed. The Tōkaidō Line designation followed in 1895. Successive upgrades made the station a Rapid stop in 1957, brought a new overhead concourse in 1979, and added Special Rapid stops in 1990. JNR privatisation transferred it to JR West on 1 April 1987. On 26 March 2016 new outer-line platforms 1 and 6 opened, making Takatsuki a regular limited-express stop for the first time, and station number JR-A38 was assigned in March 2018.

Takatsuki uses three different platform-barrier systems across its six platform tracks — vertically-rising rope barriers on tracks 1 and 6, the first of their kind put into practical service anywhere in Japan; movable platform gates for three-door trains on tracks 2 and 5; and double-sliding platform doors for four-door trains on tracks 3 and 4.