Nasushiobara Station (那須塩原駅) is in Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture. East Japan Railway Company runs it on the Utsunomiya Line and the Tōhoku Shinkansen. It opened on 28 November 1898.
History
Nippon Railway opened the station on 28 November 1898 as Higashi-Nasuno Station (東那須野駅). The railway was nationalised on 1 November 1906 under the Railway Nationalisation Act. In October 1909 the station became part of the Tōhoku Main Line.
Freight handling ended on 10 September 1963. The station building was rebuilt in January 1982. On 23 June 1982 the Tōhoku Shinkansen opened and the station was renamed Nasushiobara, with a Midori no Madoguchi ticket office added. On 14 July 1982 an imperial train first ran on the Shinkansen, between Ōmiya and Nasushiobara, carrying Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun.
Parcel handling ended on 1 February 1984. JR East took over on 1 April 1987. Automatic ticket gates were installed at the Shinkansen gate on 3 March 1999. On 16 October 2004 the station joined the Tokyo commuter area and Suica became usable.
The station concourse was renewed in 2017. On 1 April 2018 the Touch de Go! Shinkansen service began toward Utsunomiya. An east-side elevator was finished on 16 February 2020 and opened the next day. On 13 March 2021 the service extended toward Shin-Shirakawa. On 12 March 2022 Utsunomiya to Kuroiso trains were unified as one-man operation, and Green car service ended. On 1 October 2025 the Eki-net Q-ticket service began on the Tōhoku Shinkansen.
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