Nishi-Takaoka

Weekday departures: 58/day · Sat & holiday departures: 58/day

First / last departure (weekday): 5:46 / 23:58

Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (5)

0:00 ─ 23:00

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

Timetable data as of 5 May 2026.

• Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line: Takaoka-Yabunami ⇄ Fukuoka

Nishi-Takaoka Station began on 19 November 1956 as a signal box between Fukuoka and Takaoka on the Japanese National Railways' Hokuriku Main Line, and was promoted to a passenger station as Nishi-Takaoka on 25 April 1957, handling passengers together with hand baggage and parcels but not delivery services. Located in the city of Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, it gave up baggage handling and became unstaffed on 1 October 1971, was staffed again from December 1987, and was destaffed once more in November 2001 before being operated as a simple-agency station from April 2002. On 14 March 2015 it transferred from JR West to the third-sector Ainokaze Toyama Railway with the Hokuriku Shinkansen's extension to Kanazawa, and ICOCA service began on 26 March 2015.

Nishi-Takaoka started as a signal box on the Hokuriku Main Line in 1956 and was upgraded to a passenger station the following spring.