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Kanazawa Station 金沢駅 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1-1 Kinoshimbo-machi,Kanazawa City,Ishikawa Prefecture 920-0858 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°34′42″N136°38′52″E / 36.578269°N 136.647762°E /36.578269; 136.647762 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 450.5 km fromTokyo | ||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 5island platforms | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Bus terminal | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 April 1898; 126 years ago (1898-04-01) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2016 | 22,668 daily (JR West) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Kanazawa Station (金沢駅,Kanazawa-eki) is a major railway station inKanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, operated byWest Japan Railway Company (JR West), theprivate railway operatorHokuriku Railroad, and thethird-sector operatorIR Ishikawa Railway.
Beneath a square in front of the JR station isHokutetsu-Kanazawa Station, the terminal of theHokuriku Railroad Asanogawa Line.
IR Ishikawa Railway platforms are elevated above street level, featuring threeisland platforms with one cut-out platform (for Track 4) on the Up (Toyama) side of the middle island platform, serving seven tracks in total. A large roof covers the station building, in order to prevent train stoppages due to accumulated snow within the station.
| 1-2 | ■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line | forKomatsu,Fukui |
| 3 | ■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line | for Komatsu, Fukui |
| ■ Nanao Line | forHakui,Nanao,Wakuraonsen | |
| 4 | ■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line | forTakaoka,Toyama |
| ■ Nanao Line | for Hakui, Nanao, Wakuraonsen | |
| 5 | ■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line | for Komatsu, Fukui |
| ■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line | for Takaoka, Toyama | |
| ■ Nanao Line | for Hakui, Nanao, Wakuraonsen | |
| 6-7 | ■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line | for Takaoka, Toyama |
| ■ Nanao Line | for Hakui, Nanao, Wakuraonsen |
TheHokuriku Shinkansen platforms are adjacent to the east exit, between the Motenashi Dome and the IR Ishikawa Railway tracks. The Shinkansen station has two island platforms serving four tracks.
| 11-12 | ■ Hokuriku Shinkansen | for Toyama,Nagano,Tokyo |
| 13-14 | ■ Hokuriku Shinkansen | for Fukui,Tsuruga |
Thedeparture melody used on theHokuriku Shinkansen platforms was composed by songwriter and producerYasutaka Nakata, who was born in Kanazawa.[2]
The platforms for theHokutetsu Asanogawa Line are located underground, below the JR West platforms.
| 1-2 | ■ Hokutetsu Asanogawa Line | forUchinada |
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| IR Ishikawa Railway Line | ||||
| Mattō | Rapid Service | Terminus | ||
| Nishi-Kanazawa | Local | Higashi-Kanazawa | ||
| Hokutetsu Asanogawa Line | ||||
| Terminus | Local | Nanatsuya | ||
The station opened on 1 April 1898.[3] With theprivatization ofJNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.[4] The platforms for the Hokuriku Shinkansen opened on 14 March 2015.[5]
From 14 March 2015, with the opening of theHokuriku Shinkansen extension fromNagano, local passenger operations over sections of the Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to differentthird-sector railway operating companies.[6] From this date, Kanazawa Station became the western terminus of theIR Ishikawa Railway Line of Ishikawa Prefecture.[6]
At the timetable revision effective 16 March 2024, the Hokuriku Shinkansen extended between Kanazawa and Tsuruga. AllThunderbird andShirasagi limited express services were discontinued between Tsuruga and Kanazawa Stations.[7] From the same date, the Hokuriku Main Line betweenDaishoji Station and Kanazawa Station was reorganized as the IR Ishikawa Railway Line, thus the former Hokuriku Main Line section of the station became exclusively used for the IR Ishikawa Railway Line including some through trains to the Nanao Line.[8]
In fiscal 2016, the JR West portion of the station (including the conventional line section later removed from the JR West operation) was used by an average of 22,668 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[9]
The bus terminals are located in both side of station. Almost all services to central Kanazawa including Kanazawa Loop Bus depart from east terminal, however some lines such as City Liner depart from west terminal.[10] Most expressway bus stop was in east terminal but moved to west terminal in July 2023.
Stations of theIR Ishikawa Railway Line and related lines | ||||||
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 Hokuriku Main Line |
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| Hapi-Line Fukui Line | ||||||
| IR Ishikawa Railway Line | ||||||
| Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line | ||||||
| ETR Nihonkai Hisui Line | ||||||
See also:Hokuriku Shinkansen *: Rapid service stops | **:Ainokaze Liner stops |bold:Shirasagi/Thunderbird stops #: On theHapi-Line Fukui Line, all Rapid services stop at Nanjō, except for one round trip, which stops at Imajō instead. | ||||||
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