History
Kurayoshi Station opened on 20 December 1903 as the terminus of the government railway's extension from Yabase (now Urayasu); through service began in 1904 and the station joined the San'in Main Line in 1909. It was renamed Agei on 1 May 1912 because the original name had been transferred to a new central-city terminus, and reverted to Kurayoshi on 14 February 1972 when that holder was renamed Utsubuki. Carload freight ended in 1983 and the Kurayoshi Line closed in 1985. With JNR's privatization on 1 April 1987 it passed to JR West. The current elevated station building opened on 15 January 2011, and ICOCA service began on 15 March 2025.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
An 1908-built iron-and-wood overhead bridge once linking the platforms — rare nationally for its surviving wooden treads and a 'Kobe 1908' foundry stamp — was dismantled in 2010 during the elevated-building rebuild; a single pillar remains preserved on the platform.