Etchū-Miyazaki Station Explained

Etchū-Miyazaki Station
Native Name:越中宮崎駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Address:3239 Miyazaki-Yotota Asahi-machi, Niikawa-gun, Toyama-ken 939-0703
Country:Japan
Operator:22px Ainokaze Toyama Railway
Line: Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
Distance:48.2 km from
Platforms:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Status:Unattended
Opened:20 November 1957
Passengers:67 daily
Pass Year:FY2015
Map Type:Japan

is a railway station on the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line in the town of Asahi, Toyama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Lines

Etchū-Miyazaki Station is served by the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line and is 95.4 kilometres from the starting point of the line at . Some trains of the Echigo Tokimeki Railway Nihonkai Hisui Line terminate at Etchū-Miyazaki Station rather than neighbouring .

Station layout

Etchū-Miyazaki Station has one island platform connected by a footbridge. The station is unattended.

Platforms

History

Etchū-Miyazaki Station opened on 20 November 1957 as a station on the Japan 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 to, local passenger operations over sections of the former Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to different third-sector railway operating companies.[1] From this date, Etchū-Miyazaki Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 67 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.mlit.go.jp/report/press/tetsudo03_hh_000054.html. ja: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. 26 February 2014. News release . Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Japan. ja. 22 March 2014.
  2. Web site: http://www.pref.toyama.jp/sections/1015/lib/almanac/almanac_27/_10/index.html. ja: 10-1 あいの風とやま鉄道各駅旅客輸送状況(1日平均)). 2016. Toyama Prefectural Office. Japan. ja. 6 June 2017.