Timetable information
Weekday departures: 424/day in the available timetable data · Sat & holiday departures: 160/day in the available timetable data
Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 4:35 / 24:22 (00:22 next day)
Busiest hour in the available data: 9:00–10:00 (33)
0:00 ─ 23:00
Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.
Timetable data as of 2 May 2026 to 4 May 2026: the timetables behind these figures were retrieved on different dates.
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:
- Tokaido Main Line: timetable covers only part of the line
Adjacent stations
- Tokaido Main Line: Shinagawa ⇄ Musashi-Kosugi
Location
History
Nishi-Ōi Station opened on 2 April 1986, decades after the freight-only Hinkaku Line through Shinagawa Ward had been laid in 1929. The decade-long fight over the station — Japanese National Railways first proposed converting the freight line to passenger use in 1969, residents and the ward council pushed back on the cost-sharing scheme, and a 1980 court even temporarily blocked Shinagawa Ward's contribution — was eventually settled with third-sector funding from 1984. JR East inherited the station with privatisation on 1 April 1987. Shōnan-Shinjuku Line services began stopping on 1 December 2001, and elevated side platforms now sit directly beneath the Tōkaidō Shinkansen viaduct above.
Notes
The station sits literally beneath the Tōkaidō Shinkansen — its two elevated side platforms tuck under the viaduct carrying high-speed trains over Shinagawa.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) (opens in a new tab)
- Wikipedia (日本語) (opens in a new tab)
- Photo: MaedaAkihiko · CC0 (opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Last updated: 2026-05-18