Kurobe Station

Location
	Kurobe Station Location within Japan

Kurobe Station

黒部駅
Kurobe Station; 黒部駅
	Kurobe Station exterior in May 2017
General information
Location	5 Tenjinshin, Kurobe-shi, Toyama-ken 938-0042; Japan
Coordinates	36°52′09″N 137°26′03″E / 36.8691°N 137.4343°E
Operated by	Ainokaze Toyama Railway; JR Freight;
Line(s)	■ Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
Distance	73.4 km from Kurikara
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platforms
Tracks	3
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	16 April 1910
Previous names	Mikkaichi (to 1956)
Passengers
FY2015	1,249 daily
Location
Location
	Kurobe Station Location within Japan

Kurobe Station (黒部駅, Kurobe-eki) is a railway station on the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line in the city of Kurobe, Toyama, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Ainokaze Toyama Railway. It is also a freight terminal for the Japan Freight Railway Company.

Lines

Kurobe Station is served by the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line and is 73.4 kilometres from the starting point of the line at Kurikara.

Station layout

Kurobe Station has one ground-level side platform and one ground-level island platform connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

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

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
Uozu		Local	Ikuji

History

The station opened on 16 April 1910 as Mikkaichi Station (三日市駅).^[1] It was renamed Kurobe Station on 10 April 1956.^[1] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.^[1]

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.^[2] From this date, Kurobe Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,249 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[3]

Surrounding area

YKK Makino factory
Kurobe Public Hospital

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 140. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ 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 20 March 2015.
^ 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.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

[teishajo1998-1] Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 140. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[mlit20140226-2] 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 20 March 2015.

[toyama2015stats-3] 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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