Nishi-Takaoka Station

Nishi-Takaoka Station (西高岡駅, Nishi-Takaoka-eki) is a railway station on the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line in the city of Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Nishi-Takaoka Station

西高岡駅
Nishi-Takaoka Station in 2018
General information
Location219 Tateno Takaike-cho, Takaoka-shi, Toyama-ken 933-0325
Japan
Coordinates36.7245°N 136.9654°E / 36.7245; 136.9654
Operated by Ainokaze Toyama Railway
Line(s)■ Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
Distance17.5 km from Kurikara
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
StatusStaffed
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened25 April 1957
Passengers
FY2015597
Location
Nishi-Takaoka Station is located in Japan
Nishi-Takaoka Station
Nishi-Takaoka Station
Location within Japan

Lines

Nishi-Takaoka Station is served by the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line and is 17.5 kilometres from the starting point of the line at Kurikara.

Station layout

Nishi-Takaoka Station has two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is attended.

Platforms
1 ■ Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line for Takaoka and Toyama
2 ■ Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line for Kanazawa

History

Nishi-Takaoka Station opened on 25 April 1957 as a station on the Japanese 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 Nagano to Kanazawa, 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, Nishi-Takaoka Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Adjacent stations
« Service »
Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
Fukuoka Local Takaoka-Yabunami

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 597 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area
  • Hokuriku Coca-Cola Bottling

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 5 September 2015.
  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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