Nichihara

Weekday departures: 18/day · Sat & holiday departures: 18/day

First / last departure (weekday): 6:57 / 19:48

Busiest hour: 17:00–18:00 (3)

0:00 ─ 23:00

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

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026.

• JR Yamaguchi Line: Aohara ⇄ Aonoyama

Nichihara Station opened on 1 April 1923 when the Yamaguchi Line was extended between Tsuwano and Iwami-Masuda (now Masuda). In 1934 it became a connecting point for government-run road bus services on the Gannichi Line, which opened between Deaibashi and Nichihara that year and was extended to Tsuwano in 1948. Freight handling ended on 1 April 1980 and baggage handling on 1 February 1984, when the station was made unattended; the planned Gannichi rail line onward to Iwakuni was never built. With JNR privatisation on 1 April 1987 it passed to JR West. The station is a designated stop for the limited express "Super Oki" and is staffed only during the daytime as a commissioned outlet.

The station building is a shared structure with the Plaza Makurase Post Office, and a covered corridor links it to the Makurase district community hall next door.