History
Nōmachi Station is on the JR West Himi Line in Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, and also serves as the junction with the Japan Freight Railway Company's Shinminato Line. It opened on 29 December 1900 with the start of Chuetsu Railway services between Takaoka and Fushiki, was nationalised in 1920, and was reassigned to the new Himi Line on 1 August 1942. A dedicated freight siding for the Nippon Soda Takaoka plant opened in 1944 and remained in use until 2004. Freight handling and staffed operation tapered off through the 1980s, with the station becoming unattended on 1 April 1985. With privatisation on 1 April 1987, operations were split between JR West and JR Freight. ICOCA acceptance is scheduled for 14 March 2026.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The station and its rail yards served as a real-world setting for the 2018 animated film "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas" (Kimi no Suizō wo Tabetai).