Tomari Station (Toyama) Explained

Tomari Station
Native Name:泊駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Address:631 Kawahara, Hiranayagi, Asahi-machi, Shimoniikawa-gun, Toyama-ken 939-0744
Country:Japan
Coordinates:36.9519°N 137.5558°W
Status:Staffed
Operator:22px Ainokaze Toyama Railway
Line: Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
Distance:90.7 km from
Platforms:1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks:3
Passengers:711 daily
Pass Year:FY2015
Map Type:Japan

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

Lines

Tomari Station is served by the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line and is 95.4 kilometres from the starting point of the line at . Many through services from the neighbouring Echigo Tokimeki Railway Nihonkai Hisui Line terminate at Tomari, with both Echigo Tokimeki Railway trains and Ainokaze Toyama Railway trains using Platform 2 to provide a same-platform transfer.

Station layout

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

Platforms

History

The station opened on 16 April 1910.[1] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (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, Tomari Station was transferred to the ownership of the Ainokaze Toyama Railway.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 711 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Surrounding area

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: ja: 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編. Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR. JTB . Ishino. Tetsu. 1998 . Japan . II. 141. 4-533-02980-9.
  2. Osano. Kagetoshi . ja: 北陸新幹線並行在来線各社の姿 . Guide to companies operating conventional lines alongside the Hokuriku Shinkansen . Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine . 44. 371 . 28–33 . Kōtsū Shimbun . Japan . ja . March 2015.
  3. 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.