Tomari Station (Toyama)

Tomari Station (泊駅, Tomari-eki) is a railway station on the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line in Asahi, Toyama, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Tomari Station

泊駅
Tomari Station exterior in December 2015
General information
Location631 Kawahara, Hiranayagi, Asahi-machi, Shimoniikawa-gun, Toyama-ken 939-0744
Japan
Coordinates36°57′07″N 137°33′21″E / 36.95194°N 137.55583°E / 36.95194; 137.55583
Operated by Ainokaze Toyama Railway
Line(s) Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
Distance90.7 km from Kurikara
Platforms1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks3
Train operators
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened16 April 1910 (1910-04-16)
Passengers
FY2015711 daily
Location
Tomari Station is located in Japan
Tomari Station
Tomari Station
Location within Japan

Lines

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Tomari Station is served by the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line and is 95.4 kilometres from the starting point of the line at Kurikara. Many through services from the neighbouring Echigo Tokimeki Railway Nihonkai Hisui Line terminate at Tomari, with both Echigo Tokimeki Railway trains and Ainokaze Toyama Railway trains using Platform 2 to provide a same-platform transfer.[1]

Station layout

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Tomari Station has one side platform and one island platform connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

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1  Echigo Tokimeki Railway Nihonkai Hisui Line for Ichiburi and Itoigawa
2  Echigo Tokimeki Railway Nihonkai Hisui Line for Itoigawa and Naoetsu
3  Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line for Uozu, Toyama and Kanazawa

History

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The station in JR West days in September 2011

The station opened on 16 April 1910.[2] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.[2]

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.[1] From this date, Tomari Station was transferred to the ownership of the Ainokaze Toyama Railway.[1]

Adjacent stations

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« Service »
Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
Nyūzen Local Etchū-Miyazaki

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 711 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Surrounding area

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Osano, Kagetoshi (March 2015).  北陸新幹線並行在来線各社の姿 [Guide to companies operating conventional lines alongside the Hokuriku Shinkansen]. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 44, no. 371. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. pp. 28–33.
  2. ^ 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. 141. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  3. ^ 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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