Toyama Station | |
Native Name: | 富山駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Style: | JR West |
Address: | 1-227 Meirinchō, Toyama-shi |
Borough: | Toyama Prefecture |
Country: | Japan |
Map Type: | Japan Toyama Prefecture#Japan |
is a major railway station in Toyama, Toyama Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and Ainokaze Toyama Railway. It is the largest and busiest railway terminal in Toyama.
, the local railway terminal that provides access to nearby towns (Funahashi, Kamiichi, Tateyama, etc.) as well as access to Tateyama Station (the starting point of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route) via Toyama Chihō Railway is next to Toyama Station.
Toyama Station is served by the following lines.
Dentetsu Toyama Station, next to the main JR Toyama Station, is served by the following lines.
Dentetsu Toyama station is the starting point of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route to Murodō Station, Mount Tate, and Kurobe Dam. It is located directly next to the main Toyama Station, and has the local Toyama Chihō Railway Tateyama Line that goes through the towns of Funahashi, Kamiichi, and Tateyama, and ultimately reaches as far as Tateyama Station, the last stop.
The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
The departure melody used for the shinkansen platforms was composed by producer, who was born in Toyama Prefecture.[1] The Hokuriku Shinkansen has 2 platforms serving 4 tracks, the Takayama Main Line/Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line has 2 platforms serving 5 tracks, the Toyama Chiho Railway Main Line at Dentetsu Toyama Station has 3 platforms serving 4 tracks, and the Toyama Light Rail at Toyamaeki has 3 platforms serving 2 tracks
11・12 | Hokuriku Shinkansen | for Nagano・Tokyo | |
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13・14 | for Kanazawa and Tsuruga | Track 11 is used for the first train in this direction | |
1 | Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line | for Takaoka・Kanazawa | |
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2 | JR Takayama Main Line | for Etchū Yatsuo・Takayama | |
3 | Used by Limited Express Hida services to Nagoya | ||
Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line | for Takaoka・Kanazawa | ||
4・5 | for Uozu・Tomari・Itoigawa |
1 - 4 | Main Line | for Kamiichi Station・Naka-Namerikawa・Dentetsu-Uozu・Dentetsu-Kurobe・Unazuki Onsen | Used by the Limited Express Unazuki on the Main Line |
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Tateyama Line | for Iwakuraji・Chigaki・Tateyama | ||
Fujikoshi・Kamidaki Line | for Minami-Toyama・Kamidaki・Daisenji |
1 | Toyama City Tram Line | for Minami-Toyama Station |
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2 | Used for Alighting only | |
3 | Loop Line | |
4 | for Toyama Daigakumae | |
5 | Toyama Light Rail Toyamako Line | for Iwasehama |
6・7 | Used for Alighting only | |
8 | for Iwasehama |
Toyama Station opened on 20 March 1899.[2] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.[2]
From 14 March 2015, the station was served by the high-speed Hokuriku Shinkansen following the opening of the extension from to, providing direct services between Tokyo and Kanazawa.[3] [4]