Nanao

Weekday departures: 43/day in the available timetable data · Sat & holiday departures: 43/day in the available timetable data

Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 5:10 / 22:07

Busiest hour in the available data: 7:00–8:00 (4)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.

The timetable data is incomplete for some or all lines at this station, so the weekday and Sat & holiday figures are departures in the available timetable data, not totals.

Lines where the timetable data is complete: Nanao Line

Lines where the timetable data is incomplete:

• Nanao Line: one direction only

• Nanao Line: Wakura-Onsen
• Nanao Line: Wakura-Onsen ⇄ Tokuda (Ishikawa)

Nanao Station opened on 24 April 1898 as a Nanao Railway station on the line from Tsubata (now Hon-Tsubata) towards Yatashin (later Nanao-Kō), at a site different from the current location. Nanao Railway was nationalised in 1907 and the line was designated the Nanao Line in 1909. On 15 December 1925 the line was extended to Wakura and the station was relocated to its present position. The freight spur to Nanao-Kō closed in 1984. The station joined JR West at the 1987 privatisation. On 1 September 1991 electrification reached Wakuraonsen, and the line beyond Nanao was transferred to the third-sector Noto Railway, making this the demarcation point between the two operators.

The station building used before the 1925 relocation was not demolished: in 1927 it was moved to Etchū-Yatsuo Station on the Takayama Main Line in Toyama, where it remains in use today.