Wakuraonsen Station

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.

Wakuraonsen Station

和倉温泉駅
Wakuraonsen Station in May 2006
LocationIshizaki-machi, Nanao-shi, Ishikawa-ken 926-0171
Japan
Coordinates37°4′30.10″N 136°55′31.73″E
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms2 side platforms
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened15 December 1898
Previous namesWakura (until 1980)
Passengers
FY2015626 (JR West) daily; 263 (Noto Railway) daily
Location
Wakuraonsen Station
Location within Japan

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 Thunderbird Terminus
Nanao Local Terminus
Noto Railway Nanao Line
Nanao - Tatsuruhama

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

See also

References
  1. 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. 153. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  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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