Komatsu Station (小松駅, Komatsu-eki) is a railway station on the Hokuriku Main Line in the city of Komatsu, Ishikawa, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and IR Ishikawa Railway.
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.jpg) Komatsu Station east side in January 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 466 Doihara-machi, Komatsu-shi, Ishikawa-ken 923-0921 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°24′08″N 136°27′10″E / 36.4022698°N 136.452781°E | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 18.0 km from Daishoji | ||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 20 September 1897 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2015 | 4002 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Lines
editKomatsu Station is served by the IR Ishikawa Railway Line, and is just over 100 kilometers from the start of the line at Tsuruga. It became a station on the high-speed Hokuriku Shinkansen line when the extension west of Kanazawa opened on 16 March 2024.[1]
Station layout
editThe station consists of one elevated island platform and one elevated side platform with the station building underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line | for Kanazawa |
| 2 | ■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line | for Fukui and Tsuruga
for Kanazawa |
| 3 | ■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line | for Fukui and Tsuruga |
| 11 | ■ Hokuriku Shinkansen | for Kanazawa, Tokyo |
| 12 | ■ Hokuriku Shinkansen | for Fukui and Tsuruga |
History
editKomatsu Station opened on 20 September 1897.[2] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.[2]
Construction of the platforms serving the Hokuriku Shinkansen was completed in August 2022.[3]
Effective the timetable revision on 16 March 2024, the Hokuriku Shinkansen began operations at the station while the facilities of the Hokuriku Main Line were transferred to the IR Ishikawa Railway.[1][4]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 4,002 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Hokuriku Shinkansen's Kanazawa-Tsuruga extension set to open Saturday". The Japan Times. 14 March 2024. Archived from the original on 14 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ a b Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 136. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ Kinoshita, Kenji (26 August 2022). "北陸新幹線 福井駅・小松駅、駅舎の建築工事完了 - 鉄道・運輸機構" [Hokuriku Shinkansen Fukui Station, Komatsu Station, station building construction completed - Railway and Transport Organization]. MyNavi Corporation (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ "JR北陸本線の県内区間は16日から第３セクターに" [JR Hokuriku Main Line sections within Ishikawa Prefecture will move to third-sector operations from the 16th of March.]. NHK NEWS WEB (in Japanese). 16 March 2024. Archived from the original on 16 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ 駅 別 運 輸 実 績 [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Ishikawa Prefectural Government. 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
External links
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- Official website (in Japanese)