Train service
Weekday departures: 36/day · Sat & holiday departures: 36/day
First / last train (weekday): 5:39 / 23:18
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.
Adjacent stations
- Hokuhoku Line: Hokuhoku-Ōshima ⇄ Tokamachi
Location
History
Matsudai Station opened on 22 March 1997, the day the Hokuhoku Line itself opened end-to-end between Muikamachi and Saigata. Operated by the third-sector Hokuetsu Express, the station sits in the Matsudai district of Tōkamachi, Niigata and is 29.2 kilometers from the line's starting point at Muikamachi. The station name was rendered in hiragana to read more approachably and to avoid clashing with the then-extant Matsushiro Station (松代) on the Nagano Electric Railway Yashiro Line. The station shares its building with the Matsudai Furusato Kaikan michi-no-eki and serves as a tourism gateway for the Matsunoyama area.
Notes
When trains pass at speed, the station plays the same warning melody used by JR West's Yonago branch, a holdover from the line's earlier high-speed running.
Sources
Last updated: 2026-05-18