Etchū-Miyazaki Station

Etchū-Miyazaki Station (越中宮崎駅, Etchū-Miyazaki-eki) is a railway station on the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line in the town of Asahi, Toyama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Etchū-Miyazaki Station

越中宮崎駅
Etchū-Miyazaki Station in September 2011
General information
Location3239 Miyazaki-Yotota Asahi-machi, Niikawa-gun, Toyama-ken 939-0703
Japan
Coordinates36°58′26″N 137°35′58″E / 36.9740°N 137.5994°E / 36.9740; 137.5994
Operated by Ainokaze Toyama Railway
Line(s) Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
Distance48.2 km from Kurikara
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Other information
StatusUnattended
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened20 November 1957
Passengers
FY201567 daily
Location
Etchū-Miyazaki Station is located in Japan
Etchū-Miyazaki Station
Etchū-Miyazaki Station
Location within Japan

Lines

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Etchū-Miyazaki Station is served by the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line and is 95.4 kilometres from the starting point of the line at Kurikara. Some trains of the Echigo Tokimeki Railway Nihonkai Hisui Line terminate at Etchū-Miyazaki Station rather than neighbouring Ichiburi.

Station layout

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Etchū-Miyazaki Station has one island platform connected by a footbridge. The station is unattended.

Platforms

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1  Echigo Tokimeki Railway Nihonkai Hisui Line for Itoigawa and Naoetsu
2  Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line for Tomari, Uozu and Toyama

History

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Etchū-Miyazaki Station opened on 20 November 1957 as a station on the Japan 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 Nagano to Kanazawa, local passenger operations over sections of the former Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to different third-sector railway operating companies.[1] From this date, Etchū-Miyazaki Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Adjacent stations

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Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
Tomari Local Ichiburi

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 67 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ しなの鉄道(株)、えちごトキめき鉄道(株)、あいの風とやま鉄道(株)及びIRいしかわ鉄道(株)申請の第一種鉄道事業許可について [Details of railway business approval for Shinano Railway, Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company, Ainokaze Toyama Railway, and IR Ishikawa Railway]. News release (in Japanese). Japan: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  2. ^ 10-1 あいの風とやま鉄道各駅旅客輸送状況(1日平均)) (in Japanese). Japan: Toyama Prefectural Office. 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
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