Naka-Tsubata

Known weekday departures: 23/day in the available timetable data · Known Sat & holiday departures: 23/day in the available timetable data

Earliest / latest departure in the available data (weekday): 5:31 / 23:26

Busiest hour in the available data: 6:00–7:00 (2)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are the departures known from the timetable data, not a count of today's actual service.

Timetable data as of 2 May 2026 (retrieved in spring/summer 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:

• Nanao Line: one direction only

• Nanao Line: Hon-Tsubata ⇄ Tsubata

Naka-Tsubata Station opened on 10 February 1960 between Tsubata and Hon-Tsubata as a petitioned stop on the Japanese National Railways' Nanao Line; construction was funded entirely by the local community, and operations were initially delegated to the Railway Welfare Association. The station was destaffed on 15 March 1972. Ownership passed to JR West with the privatisation of JNR on 1 April 1987, and with the direct-current electrification of the Nanao Line on 1 September 1991 a dead section was inserted between Naka-Tsubata and Tsubata to manage the change in supply. ICOCA support began on 13 March 2021.

The station was built as a petitioned stop to serve commuters attending nearby high schools and other schools, with the local community paying the entire construction cost; those commuting students remain the bulk of its users.