History
Kawanishi-Ikeda Station opened on 12 December 1893 as Ikeda Station, the terminus of the Settsu Railway, despite being on the Kawanishi side of the Ina River — the Ikeda settlement on the opposite bank was simply more prosperous at the time. The Hankaku Railway absorbed the line in 1897 and the station was nationalised in 1907. After decades of petitioning, the station was renamed Kawanishi-Ikeda on 1 August 1951, combining both place names as a compromise. Electrification reached the station in March 1981, and JR West took over at privatisation on 1 April 1987. Station numbering JR-G54 was introduced in March 2018.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The bento maker Awajiya — today known for Kobe Station ekiben — started selling boxed meals at this station in 1903, making Kawanishi-Ikeda its original birthplace.