Kureha Station Explained

Kureha Station
Native Name:呉羽駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Address:1669 Kureha-cho, Toyama-shi, Toyama-ken 930-0138
Country:Japan
Operator:22px Ainokaze Toyama Railway
Line: Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
Distance:36.8 km from
Platforms:1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks:3
Status:Staffed
Opened:3 November 1908
Passengers:1,734
Pass Year:FY2015
Map Type:Japan

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

Lines

Kureha Station is served by the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line and is 36.8 kilometres from the starting point of the line at .

Station layout

Kureha Station has one side platform and one island platform connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

History

Kureha Station opened on 3 November 1908 as a station on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR). 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 Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to different third-sector railway operating companies.[1] From this date, Kureha 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 1,734 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. 5 September 2015.
  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.