Kagaonsen Station
Kagaonsen Station 加賀温泉駅 | |||||||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Kagaonsen Station in August 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 58 Sakumi-machi, Kaga-shi, Ishikawa-ken 922-0423 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°19′13″N 136°21′02″E / 36.3202471°N 136.3505352°E | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 134.3 km (83.5 mi) from Maibara | ||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated (Shinkansen) At-Grade (IR Ishikawa Railway) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 11 October 1944 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Sakumi (until 1970) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2015 | 2229 daily | ||||||||||||||||||
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Kagaonsen Station (加賀温泉駅, Kagaonsen-eki) is a railway station on the IR Ishikawa Railway Line in Kaga, Ishikawa, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the IR Ishikawa Railway.
Lines
[edit]Kagaonsen Station is served by the IR Ishikawa Railway Line. It became a station on the Hokuriku Shinkansen when the extension of that line west of Kanazawa opened on 16 March 2024.[1]
Station layout
[edit]The station consists of two elevated island platforms with the station building underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Platforms
[edit]| 1 | ■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line | for Fukui and Tsuruga |
| 2 | ■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line | for Fukui and Tsuruga |
| 3 | ■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line | for Komatsu and Kanazawa |
| 4 | ■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line | for Komatsu and Kanazawa |
| 11 | ■ Hokuriku Shinkansen | for Kanazawa, Tokyo |
| 12 | ■ Hokuriku Shinkansen | for Fukui and Tsuruga |
Adjacent stations
[edit]| « | Service | » | ||
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| IR Ishikawa Railway Line | ||||
| Daishoji | Local | Iburihashi | ||
History
[edit]The station opened on 11 October 1944 as Sakumi Station (作見駅).[2] It was renamed Kagaonsen Station on 1 October 1970.[2] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.[2]
Effective the timetable revision on 16 March 2024, the Hokuriku Shinkansen began operations at the station while the facilities of the Hokuriku Main Line were transferred to the IR Ishikawa Railway.[1][3]
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 2,229 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]
Surrounding area
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Hokuriku Shinkansen's Kanazawa-Tsuruga extension set to open Saturday". The Japan Times. 14 March 2024. Archived from the original on 14 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ a b c 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. p. 135. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ "JR北陸本線の県内区間は16日から第３セクターに" [JR Hokuriku Main Line sections within Ishikawa Prefecture will move to third-sector operations from the 16th of March.]. NHK NEWS WEB (in Japanese). 16 March 2024. Archived from the original on 16 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ 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
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- Official website (in Japanese)
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