Namerikawa Station

Namerikawa Station (滑川駅, Namerikawa-eki) is a railway station in the city of Namerikawa, Toyama, Japan, operated jointly by the private railway operator Toyama Chiho Railway and the third-sector railway operator Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Namerikawa Station

滑川駅
Namerikawa Station in September 2011
LocationTatsuno, Namerikawa-shi, Toyama-ken 936-0024
Japan
Coordinates36.7689188°N 137.3487031°E / 36.7689188; 137.3487031
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms2 side +1 island platforms
Tracks3
Other information
StatusStaffed
History
Opened24 March 1906
Passengers
FY20151,368 daily (Ainokaze), 319 daily (Toyama)
Location
Namerikawa Station
Location within Japan

Lines
The Toyama Chihō Railway station, March 2011

Namerikawa Station is served by the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line, and is 58.6 km (36.4 mi) from the starting point of the line at Kurikara, and 76.4 km (47.5 mi) from Kanazawa. It is also served by the Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line, and is 21.8 km (13.5 mi) from the starting point of the line at Dentetsu-Toyama.

Station layout

he Ainokaze Toyama Railway portion of the station has one ground-level side platform and one ground-level island platform connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed. The Toyama Chihō Railway portion of the station has a single unnumbered ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track.

Platforms
1 ■ Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line for Uozu and Itoigawa
2, 3 ■ Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line for Toyama and Kanazawa
(Unnumbered) ■ Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line for Dentetsu Toyama and Unazuki-Onsen

History

Namerikawa Station was opened on 24 March 1906, and was nationalised in 1908, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railways network, and subsequently the Japanese National Railways (JNR). The Toyama Chihō Railway portion of the station opened on 25 June 1913.

From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano to Kanazawa, local passenger operations over sections of the former Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to different third-sector railway operating companies.[1] From this date, Namerikawa Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
Mizuhashi Local Higashi-Namerikawa
Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line
Limited Express: Does not stop at this station
Naka-Namerikawa   Rapid Express   Hayatsukikazumi
Naka-Namerikawa   Express   Hayatsukikazumi
Naka-Namerikawa   Local   Hamakazumi

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the Ainokaze Toyama Railway portion of the station was used by an average of 1368 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2] The Toyama Chihō Railway portion of the station was used by 319 passengers daily.[3]

Surrounding area
  • Namerikawa City Hall

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 22 March 2014.
  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.
  3. 私鉄主要駅旅客輸送状況（1日平均）） (in Japanese). Japan: Toyama Prefectural Office. 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
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