Tsubata Station

Railway station in Tsubata, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan

  • JR West
  • IR Ishikawa Railway
Line(s)
Distance11.5 km from KanazawaPlatforms2 island platformsTracks4Other informationStatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi )WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened1 November 1898; 125 years ago (1898-11-01)PassengersFY20155,130 daily
Location
Tsubata Station is located in Japan
Tsubata Station
Tsubata Station
Location within Japan

Tsubata Station (津幡駅, Tsubata-eki) is a railway station in the town of Tsubata, Kahoku District, Ishikawa, Japan, jointly operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the third-sector railway operator IR Ishikawa Railway.

Lines

The platforms in May 2016

Tsubata Station is served by the 17.8 km IR Ishikawa Railway Line between Kanazawa and Kurikara, and lies 11.5 km east of Kanazawa. It is also the starting point of the JR West Nanao Line to Nanao. Through trains to and from the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line also operate over this line.

Layout

The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks, connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1, 2 ■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line for Kanazawa
3 ■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line for Takaoka and Toyama
4 ■ Nanao Line for Hakui and Nanao

Adjacent stations

« Service »
IR Ishikawa Railway Line
Morimoto Local Kurikara
Nanao Line
Terminus Local Naka-Tsubata

History

The station opened on 1 November 1898.[1] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.[1] 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.[2] From this date, Tsubata Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company IR Ishikawa Railway.

Surrounding area

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 5,130 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b 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. pp. 137–138. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tsubata Station.
  • JR West station information (in Japanese)
  • IR Ishikawa Railway station information (in Japanese)
  • v
  • t
  • e
Logo of the West Railway Company (JR West) Hokuriku Main Line
Biwako Line
A
Hokuriku Line
Hapi-Line Fukui LineIR Ishikawa Railway LineAinokaze Toyama
Railway LineETR Nihonkai Hisui Line
See also: Hokuriku Shinkansen

*: Rapid service stops | **: Ainokaze Liner stops | bold: Shirasagi/Thunderbird stops

#: On the Hapi-Line Fukui Line, all Rapid services stop at Nanjō, except for one round trip, which stops at Imajō instead.
  • v
  • t
  • e
Stations of the JR West Nanao Line