Tanihama

Known weekday departures: 38/day · Known Sat & holiday departures: 38/day

First / last known departure (weekday): 5:20 / 23:29

Busiest hour (known departures): 16:00–17:00 (4)

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 5 May 2026 (retrieved in spring/summer 2026).

• Nihonkai Hisui Line: Naoetsu ⇄ Arimagawa

Tanihama Station opened on 1 July 1911 with the extension of the Shin'etsu Line branch from Naoetsu to Nadachi, initially as a general station handling both passengers and freight. With the 1913 line-name revision it was incorporated into the Hokuriku Main Line. Freight handling ceased on 1 October 1969 and parcel service on 1 February 1984; the station became unstaffed on 1 April 1984. JR West took over on 1 April 1987 under the JNR privatisation. With the 14 March 2015 opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen to Kanazawa, the parallel section of the Hokuriku Main Line was transferred to the third-sector Echigo Tokimeki Railway and the station now sits on its Nihonkai Hisui Line.

Around 1965 the station was the terminus of the seasonal Kamome and Sazanami beach trains, run for swimmers heading to the nearby Tanihama beach.