History
YRP Nobi Station opened on November 1, 1963 as the southern terminal station for the Kurihama Line, At that time, it was named simply Nobi Station (野比駅, Nobi-eki?). It became a through station on March 27, 1966 when the Kurihama Line was extended to Tsukuihama Station. With the opening of the nearby Yokosuka Research Park, the station was renamed on April 1, 1998. It is the fourth station in Japan (and the first non-JR station) to have letters of the alphabet in its name.
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