Higashi-Namerikawa Station

Higashi-Namerikawa Station (東滑川駅, Higashi-Namerikawa-eki) is a railway station on the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line in the city of Namerikawa, Toyama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Higashi-Namerikawa Station

東滑川駅
Higashi-Namerikawa Station in August 2008
General information
Location1512 Nakamura, Namerkawa-shi, Toyama-ken 936-0002
Japan
Coordinates36°47′16″N 137°22′40″E / 36.7878°N 137.3779°E / 36.7878; 137.3779
Operated by Ainokaze Toyama Railway
Line(s) Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
Distance62.1 km from Kurikara
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
StatusUnattended
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened20 November 1964
Passengers
FY2015154 daily
Location
Higashi-Namerikawa Station is located in Japan
Higashi-Namerikawa Station
Higashi-Namerikawa Station
Location within Japan

Lines

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Higashi-Namerikawa Station is served by the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line and is 62.1 kilometres from the starting point of the line at Kurikara.

Station layout

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Higashi-Namerikawa Station has two opposed ground-level side platforms connected by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

Platforms

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1  Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line for Uozu and Itoigawa
2  Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line for Toyama and Kanazawa

History

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Higashi-Namerikawa Station opened on 20 November 1964 as a station on the Japanese 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, Higashi-Namerikawa 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
Namerikawa Local Uozu

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 154 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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