History
Nishi-Gifu Station opened on 1 November 1986 as an infill stop on the Tokaido Main Line between Gifu and Hozumi, in the last months of Japanese National Railways operation. It passed to JR Central at privatisation on 1 April 1987. Automatic ticket gates entered service on 11 November 1995, and from the 4 December 1999 timetable revision all rapid-class trains began calling here. ICOCA-compatible TOICA was introduced on 25 November 2006. The JR ticket office closed on 31 January 2024 and was replaced the next day by an assisted reserved-seat ticket machine when the station became remotely managed and unstaffed.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
When opened in 1986 Nishi-Gifu was not served by any rapid-class train and only became a rapid stop on 4 December 1999, after through-running for Tokaido locals shifted from Ogaki to Gifu.