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Tsuruga Station (敦賀駅, Tsuruga-eki) is a railway station in the city of Tsuruga, Fukui, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It is served by the Hokuriku Main Line and the Obama Line. A freight-only branch Line known as the Tsuruga Port Line operated by JR Freight also runs from this station.

Tsuruga Station 敦賀駅
Tsuruga Station in September 2018
General information
Location	1-1-24 Kanawa-cho, Tsuruga-shi, Fukui-ken 914-0026 Japan
Coordinates	35°38′41″N 136°4′36″E
Operated by	JR West JR Freight
Line(s)	A   B  Hokuriku Main Line ■ Obama Line
Platforms	3 island platforms
Tracks	7
Other information
Status	Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi")
Station code	JR-A01 (Hokuriku Main Line) JR-B08 (Kosei Line)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	10 March 1882
Passengers
FY2016	3,610 daily
Location
Tsuruga Station Location within Japan

Lines

Tsuruga Station is served by the Hokuriku Main Line and is located 45.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Maibara. Trains of the Kosei Line also continue past their nominal terminus at Ōmi-Shiotsu to terminate at this station. The station is also a terminus of the 84.3 kilometer Obama Line to Higashi-Maizuru.

Tsuruga is scheduled to become a station on the high-speed Hokuriku Shinkansen line when the extension west of Kanazawa opens around 2025.[1]

Station layout

The station has three island platforms serving seven tracks. It has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office. The station platforms were rebuilt in December 2012, while a new station building was completed at the end of 2013. The overhead line power supply changes between 1,500 V DC and 20 kV AC (60 Hz) at this station (Hokuriku Main Line only).

Platforms

1-2	■ Obama Line	for Obama and Higashi-Maizuru
3	■ Hokuriku Main Line	Limited Express Thunderbird and Shirasagi for Kanazawa
	■ Hokuriku Main Line	Limited Express Shirasagi for Awaraonsen, Kanazawa
	■ Hokuriku Main Line	Local services for Fukui and Kanazawa
4	■ Hokuriku Main Line	Kosei Line Special Rapid / Local services for Maibara and Osaka
5	■ Hokuriku Main Line	Kosei Line Special Rapid / Local services for Maibara and Osaka
	■ Hokuriku Main Line	Local services for Fukui and Kanazawa
6	■ Hokuriku Main Line	Limited Express Thunderbird for Osaka
	■ Hokuriku Main Line	Limited Express Shirasagi for Maibara and Nagoya
7	■ Hokuriku Main Line	Kosei Line Special Rapid / Local services for Maibara and Osaka
	■ Hokuriku Main Line	Local services for Fukui and Kanazawa

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  Tsuruga Station in September 2012
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  New station building in August 2014
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  Midori no Madoguchi ticket office in September 2018
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  Driving wheel monument in August 2006

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Hokuriku Main Line (Maibara - Tsuruga)
Shin-Hikida		Special Rapid		Terminus
Shin-Hikida		Rapid		Terminus
Shin-Hikida		Local		Terminus
Hokuriku Main Line (Tsuruga - Kanazawa)
Terminus		Rapid		Imajo
Terminus		Local		Minami-Imajo
Obama Line
Terminus		Rapid		Awano
Terminus		Local		Nishi-Tsuruga

History

Tsuruga Station opened on 10 March 1882.[2] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.[3]

Future plans

From October 2014, a gauge-changing test track was scheduled to be built next to the station on the site of the former motive power depot. The 180 m long test track will be used to test an experimental variable-gauge bogie, which can be changed from 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) and vice versa. The aim is to prove durability in cold and snowy conditions with a view to using the variable-gauge Gauge Change Train on through services between the standard-gauge Hokuriku Shinkansen and narrow-gauge Hokuriku Main Line in the future.[4]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 3,610 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[5]

Surrounding area

• Tsuruga Public Library
• Fukui University, Tsuruga campus

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

External links

• JR West station information (in Japanese)

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