Kagaonsen Station

Kagaonsen Station
加賀温泉駅
Location
Prefecture Ishikawa
(See other stations in Ishikawa)
City Kaga
History
Year opened 1944
Former name Sakumi Station
Present name since 1970
Rail services
Operator(s) JR West
Line(s) Hokuriku Main Line

Kagaonsen Station (加賀温泉駅 Kagaonsen-eki) is a railway station on the Hokuriku Main Line in Kaga, Ishikawa, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

Lines

Kagaonsen Station is served by the Hokuriku Main Line. It is also scheduled to become a station on the high-speed Hokuriku Shinkansen line when the extension west of Kanazawa opens around 2025.[1]

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Hokuriku Main Line
Daishōji - Iburihashi

History

The station opened on 11 October 1944 as Sakumi Station (作見駅).[2] It was renamed Kagaonsen Station on 1 October 1970.[2] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hokuriku Shinkansen route" (in Japanese). Fukui Prefecture. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] II. Japan: JTB. p. 135. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

Coordinates: 36°19′13″N 136°21′02″E / 36.3202471°N 136.3505352°E