Kurikara Station (倶利伽羅駅, Kurikara-eki) is a railway station in the town of Tsubata, Kahoku District, Ishikawa, Japan, jointly operated by the third-sector railway operator IR Ishikawa Railway and the Ainokaze Toyama Railway.
Kurikara Station 倶利伽羅駅 | |
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![]() Kurikara Station in September 2018 | |
General information | |
Location | 150 Kariyasu, Tsubata-machi, Kahoku-gun, Ishikawa-ken 929-0416 Japan |
Coordinates | 36.6726°N 136.7914°E / 36.6726; 136.7914 |
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Distance | 17.8 km from Kanazawa |
Platforms | 1 island platform |
Tracks | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Staffed |
Website | Official website |
History | |
Opened | 15 June 1909 |
Passengers | |
FY2015 | 225 |
Location | |
![]() ![]() Kurikara Station Location within Japan |
Kurikara Station is served by the 17.8 km IR Ishikawa Railway Line from Kanazawa, and is also a terminal station for the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line. The station is 194.4 kilometers from Maibara.
The station has an island platform serving two tracks. The platform is connected to the station building on the south side by a footbridge. The station is unattended.
1 | ■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line | for Kanazawa |
2 | ■ Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line | for Takaoka and Toyama |
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IR Ishikawa Railway Line | ||||
Ainokaze Liner: Does not stop at this station | ||||
Tsubata | Local | Isurugi |
Kurikara Station opened on 15 June 1909.[1] With the privatization of 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 Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to different third-sector railway operating companies.[2] From this date, Kurikara Station became a boundary station between the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line of Toyama Prefecture to the west and the IR Ishikawa Railway Line of Ishikawa Prefecture to the east.[2]
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Stations of the IR Ishikawa Railway Line, Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line and related lines | |||||
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IR Ishikawa Railway Line | |||||
Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line | |||||
ETR Nihonkai Hisui Line | |||||
See also: Hokuriku Shinkansen **:Ainokaze Liner stops bold:Shirasagi/Thunderbird stops |