History
Mukainada Station opened on 1 August 1920 on the JGR Sanyō Main Line between Kaitaichi and Hiroshima. Freight ended on 1 September 1962. In May 1973 the station joined the Hiroshima City special-fare zone, and on 1 April 1987 it passed to JR West. A north exit and additional gateline opened on 26 March 2011. The four-track layout (with two through tracks for freight) is being rebuilt as an elevated four-track station under the Hiroshima Eastern Sector Continuous Elevation Project; cutover, originally targeted earlier, was rescheduled in June 2025 to spring 2033.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.
Notes
The station is the closest rail access to Mazda's global headquarters and museum, generating heavy commuter peaks among Mazda employees.