Nigishima

Weekday departures: 20/day in the available timetable data · Sat & holiday departures: 20/day in the available timetable data

Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 5:18 / 23:08

Busiest hour in the available data: 8:00–9:00 (2)

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 incomplete:

• Kisei Line: only trains from timetables filed under other lines

• Kisei Line: Kata ⇄ Atashika

Nigishima Station opened on 15 July 1959 as part of the final extension of the Kisei Main Line, which closed the gap between Miki-sato and Atashika stations on what had been Japanese National Railways' last unconnected segment. The station has been unstaffed since 21 December 1983 and passed to Central Japan Railway Company on 1 April 1987 with the privatisation of JNR. The original mortar station building from 1959 still stands. The station was built on its current alignment after residents of Nigishima petitioned JNR to abandon a planned single straight tunnel in favour of a route over two passes.

The platform sits on a rise above the village, with an unobstructed view across Nigishima Bay.