History
Nishibukuro Station began on 1944-06-01 as the Minami-Amarume Signal on the Uetsu Main Line, an outcome of repeated local petitions for a station that began in 1918. Passenger services ran from the signal post itself, and it was upgraded to a full station on 1950-03-15. Residents had asked for the name Izaai or Jūrokugō, after the historical village, but the chosen name reflected the Nishibukuro hamlet instead. Parcel handling ended and the station became unattended on 1972-09-01, and it transferred to JR East at the 1987-04-01 privatisation. The layout retains two opposed side platforms, a simple shelter and a 1950-built wooden waiting room on the second platform.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.