Kurikara Station Explained

Kurikara Station
Native Name:倶利伽羅駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Address:150 Kariyasu, Tsubata-machi, Kahoku-gun, Ishikawa-ken 929-0416
Country:Japan
Platforms:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Distance:17.8 km from
Status:Staffed
Opened:15 June 1909
Passengers:225
Pass Year:FY2015
Map Type:Japan

is a railway station in the town of Tsubata, Kahoku District, Ishikawa, Japan, jointly operated by the third-sector railway operator IR Ishikawa Railway and the Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Lines

Kurikara Station is the eastern terminal of the IR Ishikawa Railway Line from, and is also the western terminal station for the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line to . The station is 194.4 kilometers from .

Layout

The station has an island platform serving two tracks. The platform is connected to the station building on the south side by a footbridge. The station is unattended.

Platforms

History

Kurikara Station opened on 15 June 1909.[1] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.[1]

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.[2] From this date, Kurikara Station became a boundary station between the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line of Toyama Prefecture to the west and the IR Ishikawa Railway Line of Ishikawa Prefecture to the east.[2]

Surrounding area

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編. Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR. JTB . Ishino. Tetsu. 1998 . Japan . II. 138. 4-533-02980-9.
  2. 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.