Nishi-Takaoka Station (西高岡駅, Nishi-Takaoka-eki) is a railway station on the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line in the city of Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Nishi-Takaoka Station 西高岡駅
Nishi-Takaoka Station in 2018
General information
Location	219 Tateno Takaike-cho, Takaoka-shi, Toyama-ken 933-0325 Japan
Coordinates	36.7245°N 136.9654°E / 36.7245; 136.9654
Operated by	Ainokaze Toyama Railway
Line(s)	■ Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
Distance	17.5 km from Kurikara
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	25 April 1957
Passengers
FY2015	597
Location
Nishi-Takaoka Station Location within Japan

Lines

Nishi-Takaoka Station is served by the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line and is 17.5 kilometres from the starting point of the line at Kurikara.

Station layout

Nishi-Takaoka Station has two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is attended.

Platforms

History

Nishi-Takaoka Station opened on 25 April 1957 as a station on the Japanese National Railways (JNR). It was privatized on 1 April 1984, becoming a station on JR West.

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.[1] From this date, Nishi-Takaoka Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Adjacent stations

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 597 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

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See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nishi-Takaoka Station.

• Official website (in Japanese)