Tatsuno (Hyogo)

History

Tatsuno Station opened on 11 November 1889 as the new terminus when the Sanyō Railway extended west from Himeji. Bridge work over the Ibo River was running late, so the station first opened as a provisional stop on the east bank, then moved to its present location on 10 July 1890 when the line was pushed on to Ari. The Sanyō Railway was nationalised in 1906 and the line was redesignated the Sanyō Main Line in 1909. Operation transferred to JR West at privatisation on 1 April 1987. A new station building replaced the 117-year-old wooden depot in 2025 after a multi-year overhaul.

History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.

Notes

The station is named "Tatsuno" but stands about 5 km from central Tatsuno City — at opening, a separate Tatsuno Railway was proposed to bridge the gap to the old castle town, but it never got built.