Niihama

Weekday departures: 123/day in the available timetable data · Sat & holiday departures: 123/day in the available timetable data

Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 5:06 / 23:52

Busiest hour in the available data: 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 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:

• Yosan Line: one direction only
• Yosan Line: timetable covers only part of the line

• Yosan Line: Takihama ⇄ Nakahagi

Niihama Station opened on 21 June 1921 as an intermediate stop when the Sanuki Line was extended westwards from Iyo-Doi to Iyo-Saijō. It was reached by a connecting line from the Sumitomo Besshi Mining Railway between November 1942 and January 1967, when that link was severed. The current station building was completed on 1 October 1979 after a temporary station in February of that year. Parcel handling ended on 1 November 1986 (except newspapers), and the 1 April 1987 privatisation transferred the station to JR Shikoku and JR Freight. A barrier-free upgrade was completed in September 2017, with elevators serving the platform footbridge entering use on 28 September. The station number is Y29.

Since 27 April 2018 the train-approach jingle has been "Chōōsa-ja," a chant from the Niihama Taiko-matsuri drum festival, replacing the JR Shikoku standard "Seto no Hanayome."