History
Shin-Ainoki Station opened on 26 December 2013 on Toyama Chihō Railway's Main Line in the town of Kamiichi, Toyama Prefecture. The station was added in response to local demand and was authorised by the Hokuriku-Shin'etsu District Transport Bureau in August 2013; the provisional name Shin-Ainoki was confirmed the following month. Sitting roughly 12.1 kilometres from the line's starting point at Dentetsu-Toyama, the unattended single-platform stop occupies a location very close to the original site of Ainoki Station before its mid-century relocation. Kamiichi paired the opening with a new station plaza, a park-and-ride lot, and a rerouting of the town's community bus, which took effect on 25 December 2013.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-06-09.
Notes
The station's site is close to the original location of Ainoki Station before its 1944 closure and 1949 relocation, making Shin-Ainoki effectively a revival of the older stop.