Kurobe Station (黒部駅, Kurobe-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. It is also a freight terminal for the Japan Freight Railway Company.
Kurobe Station 黒部駅 | |||||
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.jpg) Kurobe Station exterior in May 2017 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | 5 Tenjinshin, Kurobe-shi, Toyama-ken 938-0042 Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 36°52′09″N 137°26′03″E / 36.8691°N 137.4343°E | ||||
| Operated by | |||||
| Line(s) | ■ Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line | ||||
| Distance | 73.4 km from Kurikara | ||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platforms | ||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Staffed | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 16 April 1910 | ||||
| Previous names | Mikkaichi (to 1956) | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2015 | 1,249 daily | ||||
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Lines
editKurobe Station is served by the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line and is 73.4 kilometres from the starting point of the line at Kurikara.
Station layout
editKurobe Station has one ground-level side platform and one ground-level island platform connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.
Platforms
edit| 1 | ■ Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line | for Toyama and Kanazawa |
| 2, 3 | ■ Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line | for Tomari and Itoigawa |
Adjacent stations
edit| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line | ||||
| Uozu | Local | Ikuji | ||
History
editThe station opened on 16 April 1910 as Mikkaichi Station (三日市駅).[1] It was renamed Kurobe Station on 10 April 1956.[1] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (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 former Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to different third-sector railway operating companies.[2] From this date, Kurobe Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Ainokaze Toyama Railway.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,249 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]
Surrounding area
edit- YKK Makino factory
- Kurobe Public Hospital
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 140. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
External links
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- Official website (in Japanese)