Ikuji Station (生地駅, Ikuji-eki) is a railway station on the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line in the city of Kurobe, Toyama, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Ikuji Station

生地駅
Ikuji Station exterior in May 2017
General information
Location4303 Yoshida-Urashima, Kurobe-shi, Toyama-ken 938-0005
Japan
Coordinates36°54′21″N 137°25′35″E / 36.9058°N 137.4265°E / 36.9058; 137.4265
Operated by Ainokaze Toyama Railway
Line(s) Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
Distance77.4 km from Kurikara
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened16 April 1910 (1910-04-16)
Passengers
FY2015471 daily
Location
Ikuji Station is located in Japan
Ikuji Station
Ikuji Station
Location within Japan

Lines

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Ikuji Station is served by the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line and is 77.4 kilometres from the starting point of the line at Kurikara.

Station layout

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Ikuji Station has two opposed ground-level side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

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

History

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Ikuji Station in 1910

Ikuji Station was opened on 16 April 1910. 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, Ikuji Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Adjacent stations

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« Service »
Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
Kurobe Local Nishi-Nyūzen

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 471 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

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  • YKK Kurobe factory

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 20 March 2015.
  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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