Nishi-Takaoka Station

Railway station in Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, Japan

36°43′28″N 136°57′55″E / 36.7245°N 136.9654°E / 36.7245; 136.9654Operated by

Ainokaze Toyama RailwayLine(s)■ Ainokaze Toyama Railway LineDistance17.5 km from KurikaraPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2Other informationStatusStaffedWebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened25 April 1957PassengersFY2015597

Location
Nishi-Takaoka Station Location within Japan

Nishi-Takaoka Station (西高岡駅, Nishi-Takaoka-eki) is a railway station on the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line in the city of Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Lines

Nishi-Takaoka Station is served by the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line and is 17.5 kilometres from the starting point of the line at Kurikara.

Station layout

Nishi-Takaoka Station has two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is attended.

Platforms

1	■ Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line	for Takaoka and Toyama
2	■ Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line	for Kanazawa

History

Nishi-Takaoka Station opened on 25 April 1957 as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). It was privatized on 1 April 1984, becoming a station on JR West.

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.^[1] From this date, Nishi-Takaoka Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
Fukuoka		Local	Takaoka-Yabunami

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 597 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surrounding area

Hokuriku Coca-Cola Bottling

References

^ 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 5 September 2015.
^ 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.

External links

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Official website (in Japanese)

Stations of the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line and related lines

Hokuriku Main Line

Biwako Line	(for Hikone and Kyoto<<)(for Gifu and Nagoya<<) Maibara Sakata Tamura Nagahama (for Torahime>>)	A
Hokuriku Line	(for Tamura<<) Nagahama Torahime Kawake Takatsuki Kinomoto Yogo - (for Ōmi-Imazu and Kyōto<<) Ōmi-Shiotsu Shin-Hikida Tsuruga	A