Takibe

History

Takibe Station opened on 16 August 1925 as the temporary terminus of the Japanese National Railways' Kogushi Line, extended from Kogushi. The line was pushed to Agawa on 9 September 1928, and in February 1933 was incorporated into the San'in Main Line. Freight handling ended in 1972. With JNR privatisation on 1 April 1987 the station transferred to JR West, and in April 2008 the management contract was passed to the local NPO "Kankyō Mirai Shimonoseki". The originally planned coastal alignment was diverted inland to accommodate residents' wishes and project budget, leaving Takibe and Kottoi as inland stops on what is otherwise a coastal line.

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

Notes

During the JNR era, Takibe Station hosted a 3:29 a.m. local departure to Shimonoseki — excluding designated night trains, the earliest scheduled first departure anywhere in Japan.