Kanazawa Station (金沢駅, Kanazawa-eki) is a major railway station in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West), the private railway operator Hokuriku Railroad, and the third-sector operator IR Ishikawa Railway.
Kanazawa Station 金沢駅 | |
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![]() The Tsuzumi ("drum") Gate at JR Kanazawa Station East entrance | |
General information | |
Location | 1-1 Kinoshimbo-machi, Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa-ken 920-0858 Japan |
Coordinates | 36.578269°N 136.647762°E / 36.578269; 136.647762 |
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Distance | 450.5 km from Tokyo |
Platforms | 5 island platforms |
Tracks | 7 |
Connections | Bus terminal |
Other information | |
Status | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Website | Official website |
History | |
Opened | 1 April 1898; 124 years ago (1898-04-01) |
Passengers | |
FY2016 | 22,668 daily (JR West) |
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![]() ![]() Kanazawa Station Location within Japan |
Beneath a square in front of the JR station is Hokutetsu-Kanazawa Station, the terminal of the Hokuriku Railroad Asanogawa Line.
JR Kanazawa Station is elevated above street level, featuring three island 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.
The Hokuriku Shinkansen platforms are adjacent to the east exit, between the Motenashi Dome and the conventional tracks. The shinkansen station has two island platforms serving four tracks. At the time of its opening, it will be the terminus of the line, although, long-term plans call for the route to be extended first to Tsuruga, and eventually to Osaka.
1 | ■ Hokuriku Main Line | (Up) | ■ Local | for Komatsu, Fukui |
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■ Limited Express Thunderbird ■ Sleeper Limited Express Nihonkai |
for Fukui, Tsuruga, Kyoto, Osaka | |||
■ Limited Express Shirasagi | for Fukui, Tsuruga, Maibara, Nagoya | |||
2 | ■ Hokuriku Main Line | (Up) | ■ Local | for Komatsu, Fukui |
■ Limited Express Thunderbird | for Fukui, Tsuruga, Kyoto, Osaka | |||
■ Limited Express Shirasagi | for Fukui, Maibara, Nagoya | |||
3 | ■ Hokuriku Main Line | (Up) | ■ Local | for Komatsu, Fukui |
■ Limited Express Thunderbird | for Fukui, Tsuruga, Kyoto, Osaka | |||
■ Limited Express Shirasagi | for Fukui, Maibara, Nagoya | |||
■ Nanao Line | ■ Local | for Hakui, Nanao, Wakuraonsen | ||
4 | ■ Nanao Line | ■ Local | for Hakui, Nanao, Wakuraonsen | |
■ Hokuriku Main Line | (Down) | ■Local (Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line, IR Ishikawa Railway Line) | for Takaoka, Toyama | |
5 | ■ Hokuriku Main Line | (Up) | ■ Local ■ Limited Express Oyasumi Express (operated by JR West) |
for Komatsu, Fukui |
(Down) | ■ Local (Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line, IR Ishikawa Railway Line) | for Takaoka, Toyama | ||
■ Overnight Express Noto (operated by JR West) | for Takasaki, Ōmiya, Ueno | |||
■ Nanao Line | ■ Local | for Hakui, Nanao, Wakuraonsen | ||
6 | ■ Hokuriku Main Line | (Down) | ■ Local (Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line, IR Ishikawa Railway Line) | for Takaoka, Toyama |
■ Nanao Line | ■ Local | for Hakui, Nanao, Wakuraonsen | ||
7 | ■ Hokuriku Main Line | (Down) | ■ Local (Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line, IR Ishikawa Railway Line) ■ Limited Express Thunderbird (operated by JR West) ■ Limited Express Shirasagi (operated by JR West) ■ Limited Express Ohayō Express (operated by JR West) |
for Takaoka, Toyama |
■ Sleeper Limited Express Nihonkai (operated by JR West) | for Sakata, Akita, Aomori | |||
■ Nanao Line | ■ Local ■ Rapid Service ■ Limited Express Thunderbird ■ Limited Express Shirasagi |
for Hakui, Nanao, Wakuraonsen | ||
11-14 | ■ Hokuriku Shinkansen | For Toyama, Nagano, Tokyo |
The departure melody used on the Hokuriku Shinkansen platforms was composed by songwriter and producer Yasutaka Nakata, who was born in Kanazawa.[1]
The platforms for the Hokutetsu Asanogawa Line are located underground, below the JR West platforms.
1-2 | ■ Hokutetsu Asanogawa Line | for Uchinada |
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Hokuriku Shinkansen | ||||
Toyama | Kagayaki | Terminus | ||
Shin-Takaoka | Hakutaka | Terminus | ||
Shin-Takaoka | Tsurugi | Terminus | ||
Hokuriku Main Line | ||||
Nishi-Kanazawa | Local | Terminus | ||
IR Ishikawa Railway Line | ||||
Terminus | Local | Higashi-Kanazawa | ||
Hokutetsu Asanogawa Line | ||||
Terminus | Local | Nanatsuya |
The station opened on 1 April 1898.[2] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.[3]
From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano, local passenger operations over sections of the Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to different third-sector railway operating companies.[4] From this date, Kanazawa Station will become the western terminus of the IR Ishikawa Railway Line of Ishikawa Prefecture.[4]
In fiscal 2016, the JR West portion of the station was used by an average of 22,668 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[5]
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Stations of the Hokuriku Railroad Asanogawa Line | |
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