History
Nadachi Station opened on 1 July 1911 as the terminus of a Shin'etsu Line branch extending from Naoetsu, and became a through-station with the 1912 extension to Itoigawa. It was incorporated into the Hokuriku Main Line in April 1913. After repeated landslide and avalanche damage along this stretch of the coastal line—most severely the Nō-machi Kotomari landslide in March 1963—a new inland double-tracked electrified route was approved, and on 29 September 1969 the station was relocated 800 m inland to its present location between two tunnels. Freight handling ended in 1975 and parcel service in 1985. The station became unstaffed on 1 April 2008 and was transferred to the third-sector Echigo Tokimeki Railway on 14 March 2015.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.
Where the English and Japanese sources differ, this account follows the Japanese source.
Notes
The station's platform sits on a 60-metre bridge between the portals of the Nadachi and Kubiki tunnels, with the two tunnels widening near their mouths to accommodate the additional tracks the station needs.