History
Kōzuki Station opened on 8 April 1936 with the extension of the Ministry of Railways' Himetsu Line (now Kishin Line) between Sayō and Mimasaka-Emi, in present-day Sayō Town, Sayō District, Hyōgo Prefecture. On 10 October 1936 the Himetsu Line was renamed Kishin Line. Freight services were discontinued on 1 February 1963, and parcel services on 1 March 1971, when the station was de-staffed. The station became part of JR West on 1 April 1987 at the privatisation of Japanese National Railways. The station building was rebuilt on 4 October 1996, then on 10 August 2009 Typhoon-9 damage closed the surrounding line section and the station was suspended; substitute buses began on 12 August and rail service resumed on 5 October 2009 with the reopening of the Sayō – Mimasaka-Emi section. On 13 March 2010 the Kishin Line speed-up project was completed, expanding direct Himeji-bound services during the day. Kōzuki is the westernmost station in Hyōgo Prefecture and also the westernmost in the Kinki region.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.
Notes
Per the Japanese Wikipedia article, fiscal 2021 averaged 31 daily boarding passengers at Kōzuki. The renovated 1996 station building also serves as a Sayō Town speciality-products store and noodle eatery, with miso-stewed udon, mountain-vegetable soba, and kitsune udon available.