Nishi-Nasuno

Weekday departures: 38/day · Sat & holiday departures: 38/day

First / last train (weekday): 5:38 / 22:02

Busiest hour: 6:00–7:00 (3)

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0:00 ─ 23:00

Counts are departures in the timetable data shown on our live map.

• Tōhoku Main Line: Nasushiobara ⇄ Nozaki (Tochigi)

Nishi-Nasuno Station opened on 1 October 1886 as Nasu Station on the Nippon Railway, and was renamed Nishi-Nasuno on 1 May 1891. It was nationalised on 1 November 1906 under the Railway Nationalisation Act and assigned to the Tōhoku Main Line on 12 October 1909. The station was a junction with several branch lines over the years — the Nasu jin'sha tramway (1908–1932), the Shiobara tramway (1912–1936), and the Tōno Railway (1918–1968) — before they were closed. The current third-generation station building was completed on 1 August 1980 and entered service on the 5th. With the privatisation of JNR on 1 April 1987 the station came under JR East. Suica became usable from 16 October 2004.

Because the imperial summer villa at Shiobara Onsen was nearby, Nishi-Nasuno had its own waiting room for the imperial family with custom furnishings, used by many members of the royal household including the Taishō Emperor. In the early Taishō years he transferred at Nishi-Nasuno to the Shiobara tramway, switching to rickshaw or horse-drawn carriage for the final leg; from around 1919, automobiles were used directly from the station instead.