Kagaonsen Station

Railway station in Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan

Line(s)
Distance134.3 km (83.5 mi) from MaibaraPlatforms2 island platformsTracks4ConstructionStructure typeElevated (Shinkansen)
At-Grade (IR Ishikawa Railway)AccessibleYesOther informationStatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi)WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened11 October 1944; 79 years ago (11 October 1944)Previous namesSakumi (until 1970)PassengersFY20152229 daily Services
Preceding station Logo of the West Railway Company (JR West) JR West Following station
Awara-Onsen
towards Tsuruga
 Hokuriku Shinkansen
Kagayaki
 Komatsu
towards Nagano
Hokuriku Shinkansen
Hakutaka
 Komatsu
Hokuriku Shinkansen
Tsurugi
 Komatsu
towards Toyama
Location
Kagaonsen Station is located in Ishikawa Prefecture
Kagaonsen Station
Kagaonsen Station
Location within Ishikawa Prefecture
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Kagaonsen Station is located in Japan
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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

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

The station consists of two elevated island platforms with the station building underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

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

« Service »
IR Ishikawa Railway Line
Daishoji   Local   Iburihashi

History

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

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 2,229 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ 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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Hapi-Line Fukui LineIR Ishikawa Railway LineAinokaze Toyama
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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.