History
Nishiura Station opened on 24 July 1936 when Mikawa Railway extended its line into Hōi District's Nishiura Village, today part of Gamagōri City. A small depot beside the station, used for steam locomotives and gasoline cars during the line's non-electrified era, closed in 1947 once the entire route was electrified. Freight handling ended in fiscal 1963 and the station became unstaffed on 1 June 1998. Until 28 January 2005 limited-express and express trains called here for tourists bound for Nishiura Onsen. The original station building was demolished in December 2022, and a new shelter designed by Yokohama National University students opened on 23 March 2024. Manaca cards are not accepted here.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The new wooden shelter built on the site of the demolished station building was selected through a 2023 design competition open to architecture students nationwide, and its double-roof design lets dappled light through onto the platform.