Hokuriku Railroad Ishikawa Line

Hokuriku Railroad Ishikawa Line

A Hokuriku Railroad 7000 series EMU at Nomachi Station
Overview
Native name 北陸鉄道石川線
Type Rural rail
Locale Ishikawa Prefecture
Termini Nomachi
Tsurugi
Stations 17
Operation
Opening 1915
Owner Hokuriku Railroad
Technical
Line length 13.8 km (8.57 mi)
Track gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Electrification 600 V DC

The Hokuriku Railroad Ishikawa Line (北陸鉄道石川線 Hokuriku Railroad Ishikawa-sen) is a railway line owned and operated by Hokuriku Railroad in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. The line extends 13.8 km from the city of Kanazawa to Hakusan with a total of 16 stations.

Service

All services are all-stations "Local" trains which travel the entire length of the line, from Nomachi to Tsurugi; the trip takes approximately 30 minutes. During the New Year's Eve and New Year's Day holidays, the line was operated all night to move passengers to and from now-closed Kaga-Ichinomiya, where the nearby Shirayama-Hime Shrine draws crowds.

All trains are operated by drivers only; doors in the middle of each train car do not open.

Until November 30, 2006, there was daytime semi-express service between Nomachi and Tsurugi; trains stopped at Osano, Nonoichi, Sodani, and Oyanagi, making the trip in 25 minutes. This semi-express service was intended to move trains from one part of the line to the other in order to have a more balanced schedule.

On November 1, 2009, the section between Tsurugi and Kaga-Ichinomiya was closed.

Stations

Station Japanese Distance (km) Transfers Location
Between
Stations
Total
Nomachi 野町 - 0.0   Kanazawa
Nishi-Izumi 西泉 1.0 1.0  
Shin-Nishi-Kanazawa 新西金沢 1.1 2.1 JR West: Hokuriku Main Line (Nishi-Kanazawa)
Osano 押野 1.3 3.4   Nonoichi
Nonoichi 野々市 0.6 4.0  
Nonoichi-Kōdaimae 野々市工大前 0.5 4.5  
Magae 馬替 1.0 5.5   Kanazawa
Nuka-Jūtakumae 額住宅前 0.6 6.1  
Otomaru 乙丸 0.7 6.8  
Shijima 四十万 1.4 8.2  
Hibari 陽羽里   Hakusan
Sodani 曽谷 9.3  
Dōhōji 道法寺 0.6 9.9  
Inoguchi 井口 0.8 10.7  
Oyanagi 小柳 0.7 11.4  
Hinomiko 日御子 0.7 12.1  
Tsurugi 鶴来 1.7 13.8  

Section closed in 2009

Station Japanese Distance (km) Location
Between
stations
Total
Tsurugi 鶴来駅 - 13.8 Hakusan
Nakatsurugi 中鶴来 0.8 14.6
Kaga-Ichinomiya 加賀一の宮 1.3 15.9

Rolling stock

Hokuriku Railroad uses ten 7000 series (formerly Tokyu 7000 series) and eleven 7700 series (formerly Keio 3000 series) electric multiple units (EMUs) on the Ishikawa Line. They are typically run in paired sets.

History

Former connecting lines

See also

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia

  1. "北陸鉄道 陽羽里(ひばり)駅 3月14日開業". Hobidas.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 April 2015.