History
Naka-Tsubata Station opened on 10 February 1960 between Tsubata and Hon-Tsubata as a petitioned stop on the Japanese National Railways' Nanao Line; construction was funded entirely by the local community, and operations were initially delegated to the Railway Welfare Association. The station was destaffed on 15 March 1972. Ownership passed to JR West with the privatisation of JNR on 1 April 1987, and with the direct-current electrification of the Nanao Line on 1 September 1991 a dead section was inserted between Naka-Tsubata and Tsubata to manage the change in supply. ICOCA support began on 13 March 2021.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The station exists because nearby schools petitioned for it, and the local community paid for its construction; commuting students remain the bulk of its users.