1 and 4, Special Rapid Service and Limited Express trains pass through the station without stopping.

During the afternoon and night hours, when there is less traffic, Rapid Service trains stop at Track Nos.

Originally built around Nishinomiya Jinja as an inn town for travelers going further west and for those going to the east and central parts of Japan, beginning in the Edo period, Nishinomiya flourished as an important trading port and fishing harbor, and because the population was large, a train station was placed there.

Unlike Hanshin Electric Railway, which was built after the opening of JR Nishinomiya and ran directly between Osaka and Kobe, at the time passenger service began, JR Nishinomiya Station was built away from the city's center in a slightly agricultural area.

The rail that passed through divided the city north and south, it is said that this caused the flow of people to begin moving east and west.

[clarification needed] In 1957, a study was conducted to find a station that would be suitable as a Rapid Service stop.

The Rapid Service trains operating on the two outer tracks would stop at Nishinomiya Station.

From 1926 to 1975, on the Route 2, which passes in front of the station, there used to be an inner-city street car which shared the road with other vehicle traffic.

In addition, on the inside of the roundabout, another bus stop was established with the name JR Nishinomiya Ekimae (JR西宮駅前), allowing busses running in both directions to be able to line up outside the station at one place.

In either case, both bus stops were called Nishinomiya Ekimae (西宮駅前), without the "ノ" even during the time when the station name itself was written with it.