Higashi-Toyama Station

Higashi-Toyama Station (東富山駅, Higashi-Toyama-eki) 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. It is also a freight terminal for the Japan Freight Railway Company.

Higashi-Toyama Station

東富山駅
Higashi-Toyama Station in August 2011
General information
Location3-17-53 Higashi-Toyama Kotobuki-cho, Toyama-shi, Toyama-ken 931-8452
Japan
Coordinates36.7414°N 137.2492°E / 36.7414; 137.2492
Operated by
Line(s)■ Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
Distance48.2 km from Kurikara
Platforms1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks3
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened16 November 1908
Passengers
FY20151,399 daily
Location
Higashi-Toyama Station is located in Japan
Higashi-Toyama Station
Higashi-Toyama Station
Location within Japan

Lines

Higashi-Toyama Station is served by the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line and is 48.2 kilometres from the starting point of the line at Kurikara.

Station layout

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

Platforms
1 ■ Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line for Uozu and Itoigawa
2, 3 ■ Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line for Toyama and Kanazawa

History

Higashi-Toyama Station opened on 16 November 1908 as a station on the Japanese Government Railways (JGR), later becoming the Japanese National Railways (JNR). It was privatized on 1 April 1987, coming under the control of JR West.

From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano to Kanazawa, 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, Higashi-Toyama Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
Shin-Toyamaguchi Local Mizuhashi

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,399 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

See also

References
  1. 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]. News release (in Japanese). Japan: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  2. 10-1 あいの風とやま鉄道各駅旅客輸送状況（1日平均）） (in Japanese). Japan: Toyama Prefectural Office. 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
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