Timetable information
Weekday departures: 70/day · Sat & holiday departures: 70/day
First / last departure (weekday): 5:22 / 23:45
Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (5)
0:00 ─ 23:00
Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.
Timetable data as of 5 May 2026.
Adjacent stations
- Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line: Mizuhashi ⇄ Shin-Toyamaguchi
Location
History
Higashi-Toyama Station opened on 16 November 1908 as Higashi-Iwase Station, when the government-built Hokuriku Line was extended from Toyama to Uozu through what was then Toyota Village in Kamiikawa District. On 17 October 1913 a downbound freight and an upbound special collided in the station throat (the "Higashi-Iwase accident"), an event that helped drive the nationwide adoption of catch-points and safety sidings. The station took its present name on 20 May 1950, after a station on the Toyama Port Line had been renamed Higashi-Iwase. It passed to JR West and JR Freight at privatisation on 1 April 1987. With the Hokuriku Shinkansen reaching Kanazawa on 14 March 2015, operation was transferred to Ainokaze Toyama Railway, and a new east entrance opened on 28 March 2021.
Notes
A memorial stone for the victims of the 1913 Higashi-Iwase accident -- known as the "Imajo Group Disaster Memorial" -- stands at Hoshu-ji temple in the Tabata district of Toyama City.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: SONIC BLOOMING · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-18