History
Nishioguchi Station was opened on October 5, 1928 as a Hekikai-Nishioguchi Station (碧電西尾口駅?) on the privately held Hekikai Electric Railway. It was renamed to its present name on May 1, 1944 when the Hekikai Railway merged with the Meitetsu Group. The tracks were elevated in July 1989.
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