Timetable information
Weekday departures: 83/day · Sat & holiday departures: 82/day
First / last departure (weekday): 5:21 / 24:18 (00:18 next day)
Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (9)
0:00 ─ 23:00
Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.
Timetable data as of 7 August 2026.
Adjacent stations
- IR Ishikawa Railway Line: Nomi-Neagari ⇄ Komatsu
Location
History
Meiho Station opened on 1 October 1988 on the JR West Hokuriku Main Line in the city of Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, built in response to requests from local residents and inserted between Terai (now Nomi-Negami) and Komatsu. ICOCA IC card service began on 15 April 2017. With the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen from Kanazawa to Tsuruga on 16 March 2024, the station was transferred from JR West to the third-sector IR Ishikawa Railway. The two opposed side platforms sit on an embankment with simple waiting shelters and a pedestrian underpass linking them, and the station is unstaffed under Komatsu Station management.
Notes
The approach melody differs by direction: the platform for trains toward Komatsu and Fukui uses Beethoven's "Für Elise", while the Kanazawa-bound platform uses "Annie Laurie".
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: Shift at Japanese Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-18