Unoke Station (宇野気駅, Unoke-eki) is a railway station on the Nanao Line in the city of Kahoku, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Unoke Station 宇野気駅 | |||||
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Unoke Station in June 2009 | |||||
General information | |||||
Location | 70-5 Unike, Kahoku-shi, Ishikawa-ken 929-1125 Japan | ||||
Coordinates | 36°43′21″N 136°42′10″E / 36.7225°N 136.7027°E | ||||
Operated by | ![]() | ||||
Line(s) | ■ Nanao Line | ||||
Distance | 8.8 km from Tsubata | ||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||
Construction | |||||
Structure type | At grade | ||||
Other information | |||||
Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||
Website | Official website | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 24 April 1898 | ||||
Passengers | |||||
FY2015 | 1338 daily | ||||
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Lines
editUnoke Station is served by the Nanao Line, and is located 8.8 kilometers from the end of the line at Tsubata and 20.3 kilometers from Kanazawa.
Station layout
editThe station consists of two opposed ground-level side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
edit1 | ■ Nanao Line | for Tsubata and Kanazawa |
2 | ■ Nanao Line | for Hakui and Nanao |
Adjacent stations
edit« | Service | » | ||
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Nanao Line | ||||
Nose | - | Yokoyama |
History
editThe station opened on April 24, 1898. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,338 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]
Surrounding area
edit- former Unoke Town Hall
- Unoke Junior High School
- Unoke Elementary School
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Unoke Station.
- Official website (in Japanese)