Kureha Station

Kureha Station (呉羽駅, Kureha-eki) is a railway station on the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line in the city of Toyama, Toyama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Kureha Station

呉羽駅
Kureha Station in March 2017
Location1669 Kureha-cho, Toyama-shi, Toyama-ken 930-0138
Japan
Coordinates36.7189°N 137.1648°E / 36.7189; 137.1648
Operated by Ainokaze Toyama Railway
Line(s) Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
Distance36.8 km from Kurikara
Platforms1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks3
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened3 November 1908
Passengers
FY20151,734
Location
Kureha Station
Location within Japan

Lines

Kureha Station is served by the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line and is 36.8 kilometres from the starting point of the line at Kurikara

Station layout

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

Platforms

1  Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line for Takaoka and Kanazawa
2, 3  Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line for Toyama and Uozu

History

Kureha Station opened on 3 November 1908 as a station on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR). It was privatized on 1 April 1984, becoming a station on JR West.

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, Kureha Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
Kosugi Local Toyama

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,734 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

  • Toho Gakuen Graduate School

See also

References

  1. 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 5 September 2015.
  2. 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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