Kurikara Station (倶利伽羅駅, Kurikara-eki) is a railway station in the town of Tsubata, Kahoku District, Ishikawa, Japan, jointly operated by the third-sector railway operator IR Ishikawa Railway and the Ainokaze Toyama Railway.
Kurikara Station 倶利伽羅駅 | |||||
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 Kurikara Station in September 2018 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | 150 Kariyasu, Tsubata-machi, Kahoku-gun, Ishikawa-ken 929-0416 Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 36°40′21″N 136°47′29″E / 36.6726°N 136.7914°E | ||||
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| Distance | 17.8 km from Kanazawa | ||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 15 June 1909 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2015 | 225 | ||||
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Lines
editKurikara Station is the eastern terminal of the IR Ishikawa Railway Line from Daishōji, and is also the western terminal station for the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line to Ichiburi. The station is 194.4 kilometers from Maibara.
Layout
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The station has an island platform serving two tracks. The platform is connected to the station building on the south side by a footbridge. The station is unattended.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line | for Kanazawa |
| 2 | ■ Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line | for Takaoka and Toyama |
Adjacent stations
edit| « | Service | » | ||
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| IR Ishikawa Railway Line | ||||
| Ainokaze Liner: Does not stop at this station | ||||
| Tsubata | Local | Isurugi | ||
History
editKurikara Station opened on 15 June 1909.[1] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.[1]
From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano to Kanazawa, local passenger operations over sections of the Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to different third-sector railway operating companies.[2] From this date, Kurikara Station became a boundary station between the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line of Toyama Prefecture to the west and the IR Ishikawa Railway Line of Ishikawa Prefecture to the east.[2]
Surrounding area
edit- Kariyasu Elementary School
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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. 138. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ a b 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.
External links
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- Official website (in Japanese)