Yobe

Weekday departures: 67/day · Sat & holiday departures: 67/day

First / last train (weekday): 5:32 / 23:30

Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (5)

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Counts are departures in the timetable data shown on our live map.

• Kishin Line: Ōichi ⇄ Harima-Takaoka

Yobe Station opened on 1 September 1930 as the terminus of the Railway Ministry's Hishin Line out of Himeji. Subsequent extensions made it a through stop from 1931, and the route became part of the Kishin Line on 10 October 1936. Freight handling ended in 1961, parcel service in 1971, and the station was unstaffed thereafter. JR West succeeded the station on 1 April 1987 at JNR privatisation. In 2006 Himeji City completed a station-plaza upgrade with a bus terminal, and in 2008 Shinki Bus opened three new routes. ICOCA service began on 26 March 2016. The Midori-no-Madoguchi staffed window closed on 30 November 2024 and the station became fully unattended on 1 December 2024.

Despite being only 6.1 km from Himeji, Yobe is the busiest stand-alone station on the Kishin Line outside Himeji itself, supported by an adjacent JR West railcar depot and shuttle services for university and high school commuters.