Toyama Station

Toyama Station
富山駅
Location
Prefecture Toyama
(See other stations in Toyama)
City Toyama
Neighborhood etc. 1-227 Meirinchō
Postal code930-0001
(in Japanese)富山市明輪町1-227
History
Year opened 1899
Rail services
Operator(s) JR West
Ainokaze Toyama Railway
Toyama Chihō Railway
Toyama Light Rail
Line(s) Hokuriku Shinkansen
Takayama Main Line
Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line
Toyamakō Line

Toyama Station (富山駅 Toyama-eki) is a railway station in Toyama, Toyama, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It is the biggest terminal station in Toyama. Dentetsu-Toyama Station (電鉄富山駅 Dentetsu-Toyama-eki), the terminal of the local Toyama Chihō Railway is next to the JR Toyama Station.

Lines

Toyama Station is served by the following lines.

This station is the starting point of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route to Murodō Station, Mount Tate, and Kurobe Dam.

Station layout

The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

The departure melody used for the shinkansen platforms was composed by producer Akira Sudo , who was born in Toyama Prefecture.[1]

Adjacent stations

Dentetsu Toyama Station
« Service »
Hokuriku Shinkansen
Nagano   Kagayaki   Kanazawa
Kurobe-Unazukionsen   Hakutaka   Shin-Takaoka
Terminus   Tsurugi   Shin-Takaoka
Takayama Main Line
Nishi-Toyama   Local   Terminus
Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
Kureha Local Higashi-Toyama
Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line
Terminus   Local   Inarimachi
Terminus   Express   Inarimachi
Terminus   Rapid Express   Inarimachi
Terminus   Limited Express "Unazuki"   Terada
Toyama-Shinai Kidō Line
Shintomichō Chitetsubirumae
Toyamakō Line
Terminus - Intekkuhonshamae

History

Toyama Station opened on 20 March 1899.[2] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.[2]

From 14 March 2015, the station was served by the high-speed Hokuriku Shinkansen following the opening of the extension from Nagano to Kanazawa, providing direct services between Tokyo and Kanazawa.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 北陸新幹線 発車メロディの決定について [Departure melodies chosen for Hokuriku Shinkansen]. News release (in Japanese). Japan: West Japan Railway Company. 9 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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. 139. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  3. ↑ 北陸新幹線、来年３月１４日開業　東京―金沢２時間半 [Hokuriku Shinkansen to open 14 March next year: Tokyo - Kanazawa in two and a half hours]. Tokyo Shimbun Web (in Japanese). Japan: Chunichi Shimbun. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.

External links

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Coordinates: 36°42′04″N 137°12′48″E / 36.701217°N 137.213209°E