is a railway station on the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line in the city of Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Ainokaze Toyama Railway.
Lines
Nishi-Takaoka Station is served by the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line and is 17.5 kilometres from the starting point of the line at .
Station layout
Nishi-Takaoka Station has two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is attended.
Platforms
History
Nishi-Takaoka Station opened on 25 April 1957 as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). It was privatized on 1 April 1984, becoming a station on JR West.
From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from to , local passenger operations over sections of the Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to different third-sector railway operating companies. From this date, Nishi-Takaoka Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Ainokaze Toyama Railway.
Adjacent stations
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 597 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).