Komatsu Station

Komatsu Station (小松駅, Komatsu-eki) is a railway station on the Hokuriku Main Line in the city of Komatsu, Ishikawa, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Komatsu Station

小松駅
Komatsu Station east side in June 2011
Location466 Doihara-machi, Komatsu-shi, Ishikawa-ken 923-0921
Japan
Coordinates36.4022698°N 136.452781°E / 36.4022698; 136.452781
Operated by JR West
Line(s)■ Hokuriku Main Line
Distance148.2 km from Maibara
Platforms1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks3
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened20 September 1897
Passengers
FY20154002
Location
Komatsu Station
Location within Japan

Lines

Komatsu Station is served by the Hokuriku Main Line, and is 148.2 kilometers from the start of the line at Maibara. It is also scheduled to become a station on the high-speed Hokuriku Shinkansen line when the extension west of Kanazawa opens around 2025.[1]

Station layout

The station consists of one elevated island platform and one elevated side platform with the station building underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms
1 ■ Hokuriku Main Line for Kanazawa
2, 3 ■ Hokuriku Main Line for Fukui, Osaka and Maibara

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Hokuriku Main Line
Awazu - Meihō

History

Komatsu Station opened on 20 September 1897.[2] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 4,002 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

See also

References
  1. "Hokuriku Shinkansen route" (in Japanese). Fukui Prefecture. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  2. Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. II. Japan: JTB. p. 136. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  3. 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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