Timetable information
Weekday departures: 22/day · Sat & holiday departures: 22/day
First / last departure (weekday): 5:34 / 22:24
Busiest hour: 6:00–7:00 (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.
Location
History
Nishi-Hamada Station opened on 10 March 1922 as Iwami-Nagahama Station on the San'in Main Line, with the line's extension from Hamada to Sufu. It sits 478.7 kilometres from the Kyoto terminus of the line, in what is today Hamada, Shimane Prefecture. The station was renamed Nishi-Hamada on 15 December 1949. A freight branch to Hamada Port operated from 1 August 1955 to 7 November 1982, when freight handling at the station ceased. The station became unstaffed on 14 March 1985, was staffed again briefly at JR West's takeover on 1 April 1987, and was returned to unstaffed status on 10 March 1990. In August 2023 JR West proposed to demolish the wooden building under its station-simplification programme.
Notes
Nishi-Hamada's two side platforms, at a station laid out with a passing loop and linked by a footbridge, are not parallel to one another.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: 東京特許許可局 · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-18