Wakuraonsen Station

Location
	Wakuraonsen Station Location within Ishikawa Prefecture Wakuraonsen Station Wakuraonsen Station (Central Japan) Wakuraonsen Station Wakuraonsen Station (Japan)

Wakuraonsen Station

和倉温泉駅
Wakuraonsen Station; 和倉温泉駅
	Wakuraonsen Station in May 2006
General information
Location	Ishizaki-machi, Nanao-shi, Ishikawa-ken 926-0171; Japan
Coordinates	37°4′30.10″N 136°55′31.73″E / 37.0750278°N 136.9254806°E
Operated by	JR West; Noto Railway;
Line(s)	JR Nanao Line; Nanao Line;
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Website	Official website
History
Opened	15 December 1898; 125 years ago
Previous names	Wakura (until 1980)
Passengers
FY2019	438 (JR West) daily;; 200 (Noto Railway) daily
Services
Location
Location
	Wakuraonsen Station Location within Ishikawa Prefecture Wakuraonsen Station Wakuraonsen Station (Central Japan) Wakuraonsen Station Wakuraonsen Station (Japan)

Wakuraonsen Station (和倉温泉駅, Wakuraonsen-eki) is a railway station in the city of Nanao, Ishikawa, Japan, operated jointly by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the private railway operator Noto Railway.

Lines

Wakuraonsen Station is served by the Nanao Line, and is located 59.5 kilometers from the end of the line at Tsubata. It is also 3.5 kilometers from Anamizu on the Noto Railway's Nanao Line.

Station layout

The station has two opposed ground-level side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1	■ Nanao Line	for Osaka, Tsubata, Nanao and Kanazawa (express only)
2	■ Nanao Railway	for Nanao for Anamizu

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
JR Nanao Line
Nanao		Noto Kagaribi	Terminus

History

The station opened on 15 December 1925, as simply Wakura Station (和倉駅).^[1] It was renamed Wakuraonsen on 1 July 1980.^[1] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.^[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the JR West portion of the station was used by an average of 626 passengers daily and the Noto Railway portion of the station was used by an average of 263 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surrounding area

Wakura Onsen

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 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. 153. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ 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

JR West - Wakuraonsen Station (in Japanese)
Noto Railway - Wakuraonsen Station (in Japanese)

[teishajo1998-1] 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. 153. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[ishikawa_stats-2] 駅別運輸実績 [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Ishikawa Prefectural Government. 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2018.

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