Shin-Kurobe Station

Location
	Shin-Kurobe Station Location within Japan

Shin-Kurobe Station

新黒部駅
Shin-Kurobe Station; 新黒部駅
	The station exterior in March 2015
General information
Location	2787 Wakaguri, Kurobe-shi, Toyama-ken 938-0802; Japan
Coordinates	36°52′23.3″N 137°28′51.5″E / 36.873139°N 137.480972°E
Operated by	Toyama Chihō Railway
Line(s)	■ Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line
Distance	40.7 km from Dentetsu-Toyama
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	February 26, 2015
Location
Location
	Shin-Kurobe Station Location within Japan

Shin-Kurobe Station (新黒部駅, Shin-Kurobe-eki) is a railway station on the Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line in the city of Kurobe, Toyama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Toyama Chihō Railway.

Services

Shin-Kurobe Station is served by the Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line, and is 40.7 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Dentetsu-Toyama.

Under the timetable effective from the opening of the station in February 2015, 66 trains on the Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line including limited express services stop at the station to serve an estimated 870 passengers per day. All shinkansen services at Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station connect with trains at Shin-Kurobe Station.^[1]

Layout

The station has a wheelchair-accessible 85-meter-long (279 ft) side platform serving a single bi-directional track.^[2]

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line
Higashi-Mikkaichi	Limited Express	Urayama
Nagaya	Rapid Express	Shitayama
Nagaya	Express	Shitayama
Nagaya	Local	Shitayama

History

Construction of the station began on November 7, 2013.^[3]

The station opened on February 26, 2015, ahead of the opening of adjacent Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station on the Hokuriku Shinkansen.^[1]^[4]

Surrounding area

Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station (on the Hokuriku Shinkansen)

References

^ ^a ^b 伊勢村優樹 (January 24, 2015). "新黒部駅　来月２６日開業　富山地鉄、ダイヤ改正発表" [Shin-Kurobe Station to Open on Feb 26 as Toyama Chihō Railway Announces Timetable Division]. Chunichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Archived from the original on January 28, 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
^ "建築工事計画の概要" [Outline of the Construction Plan] (PDF). 新幹線開業くろべ市民会議. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 31, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
^ "富山地方鉄道「新黒部駅」起工式" [Ground-breaking ceremony of Toyama Chihō Railway Shin-Kurobe Station]. 新幹線開業くろべ市民会議. November 8, 2013. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
^ "「黒部宇奈月温泉」　周辺施設完成" [Kurobe-Unazukionsen Peripheral Facilities Complete]. Yomiuri Online (in Japanese). February 27, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2015.

External links

Official website

[chunichi-1] 伊勢村優樹 (January 24, 2015). "新黒部駅　来月２６日開業　富山地鉄、ダイヤ改正発表" [Shin-Kurobe Station to Open on Feb 26 as Toyama Chihō Railway Announces Timetable Division]. Chunichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Archived from the original on January 28, 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2015.

[2] "建築工事計画の概要" [Outline of the Construction Plan] (PDF). 新幹線開業くろべ市民会議. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 31, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2015.

[3] "富山地方鉄道「新黒部駅」起工式" [Ground-breaking ceremony of Toyama Chihō Railway Shin-Kurobe Station]. 新幹線開業くろべ市民会議. November 8, 2013. Retrieved February 7, 2015.

[yol0227-4] "「黒部宇奈月温泉」　周辺施設完成" [Kurobe-Unazukionsen Peripheral Facilities Complete]. Yomiuri Online (in Japanese). February 27, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2015.

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