Kakogawa Station

Kakogawa Station (加古川駅) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kakogawa, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Lines
Kakogawa Station is served by the JR San'yō Main Line, and is located 39.1 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kōbe and 72.2 kilometers from Osaka. It is also the southern terminus of the 48.1 kilometer Kakogawa Line to Tanikawa.

Station layout
The station consists of three elevated island platforms with the station building underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

History
The station opened on 23 December 1888 when the Sanyō Railway extended from Akashi to Himeji. On 1 April 1913, Banshū Railway (now Kakogawa Line) opened its terminal named Kakogawachō, which was merged into Kakogawa Station later (the railway company's application was posted on the Official Gazette (Kanpō) on 14 May 1915, but the actual date of the merger is unknown). The Banshū Railway also opened the line later named the Takasago Line originating from Kakogawachō on 1 December 1913. The Takasago Line closed on December 1, 1984. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.

Station numbering was introduced to the Kobe Line platforms in March 2018 with Kakogawa being assigned station number JR-A79.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 23,989 passengers daily

Surrounding area

 * Japan National Route 2
 * Hyogo Prefectural Kakogawa Higashi High School
 * Hyogo Prefectural Kakogawa Nishi High School
 * Kakogawa Municipal Kakogawa Junior High School