History
Kaminaka Station opened on 10 November 1918 as Miyake Station (三宅駅) when the Obama Line was extended from Tomura to Obama, and was renamed Kaminaka on 10 April 1956. Freight handling ended in March 1973 and parcel handling in February 1984. After the privatisation of Japanese National Railways on 1 April 1987 the station passed to JR West. A new station building opened on 3 March 2005, the first in Fukui Prefecture fitted with an elevator, and the north-side plaza opened that August. The Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office closed on 11 March 2025, and full unstaffing is planned once the simple-consignment contract ends. Two opposed side platforms and a passing loop sit 38.8 km from Tsuruga.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
Kaminaka is Fukui Prefecture’s southernmost railway station, and it was once planned as the eastern terminus of the never-built Lake Biwa–Wakasa Bay Rapid Railway.