Kanazawa Station
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Kanazawa Station
金沢駅
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| JR Kanazawa Station East entrance | |
| Location | |
| Prefecture | Ishikawa (See other stations in Ishikawa) |
| City | Kanazawa |
| Neighborhood etc. | 1-1 Kinoshimbo-machi |
| Postal Code | 920-0858 |
| (in Japanese) | 石川県金沢市木ノ新保町1-1 |
| History | |
| Year opened | 1898 |
| Rail services | |
| Operator(s) | JR West Hokuriku Railroad |
| Line(s) | Hokuriku Main Line Asanogawa Line |
| Statistics | 20,817 passengers/day |
 Major bus terminal(s) attached to the station |
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Kanazawa Station (金沢駅 Kanazawa-eki) is a JR West railway station located in the city of Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It is the biggest station in Ishikawa Prefecture.
Beneath a square in front of the JR station, there is Hokutetsu-Kanazawa Station, the terminal of Hokuriku Railroad Asanogawa Line.
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[edit] History
- 1 April 1898 - JNR Kanazawa station was opened. At the time, the station was a terminus of the line.
- 12 October 1909 - The line was named Hokuriku Main Line.
- 1 April 1987 - With the privatization of JNR, Kanazawa station changed over to a JR West train station.
- 5 June 1990 - All platforms are elevated, and station facilities moved to the ground.
- 20 March 1991 - Kanazawa 100 Ban-gai, a shopping mall, was opened.
- 20 March 2005 - The Tsuzumi Gate and Motenashi Dome was officially completed.
- 20 March 2008 - The 110th anniversary ceremony was held.
[edit] Lines
- West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
- Hokuriku Main Line
- Nanao Line (This line formally starts from Tsubata Station, but all the trains run straight into Kanazawa Station）
- Hokuriku Railroad (Hokutetsu)
- Asanogawa Line (Hokutetsu-Kanazawa Station)
[edit] Station layout
[edit] JR platforms
| 1 | ■Hokuriku Main Line | (Up) | ■Local ■Limited Express Hakutaka |
for Komatsu, Fukui |
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| ■Limited Express Raichō ■Sleeper Limited Express Nihonkai ■Sleeper Limited Express Twilight Express |
for Fukui, Tsuruga, Kyoto, Osaka | |||
| ■Limited Express Shirasagi | for Fukui, Tsuruga, Maibara, Nagoya | |||
| 2 | ■Hokuriku Main Line | （Up） | ■Local | for Komatsu, Fukui |
| ■Limited Express Raichō, Thunderbird | for Fukui, Tsuruga, Kyoto, Osaka | |||
| ■Limited Express Shirasagi | for Fukui, Maibara, Nagoya | |||
| ■Overnight Express Kitaguni | for Maibara, Kyoto, Osaka | |||
| 3 | ■Hokuriku Main Line | （Up） | ■Local | for Komatsu, Fukui |
| ■Limited Express Raichō | for Fukui, Tsuruga, Kyoto, Osaka | |||
| ■Limited Express Shirasagi | for Fukui, Maibara, Nagoya | |||
| ■Nanao Line | ■Local ■Limited Express Hakutaka |
for Hakui, Nanao, Wakuraonsen | ||
| 4 | ■Nanao Line | ■Local | for Hakui, Nanao, Wakuraonsen | |
| ■Hokuriku Main Line | (Down） | ■Local | for Takaoka, Toyama | |
| 5 | ■Hokuriku Main Line | （Up） | ■Local ■Limited Express Oyasumi Express |
for Komatsu, Fukui |
| （Down） | ■Local | for Takaoka, Toyama | ||
| ■Limited Express Hakutaka | for Naoetsu, Echigo-Yuzawa | |||
| ■Overnight Express Noto | for Takasaki, Ōmiya, Ueno | |||
| ■Overnight Express Kitaguni | for Naoetsu, Nagaoka, Niigata | |||
| ■Nanao Line | ■Local | for Hakui, Nanao, Wakuraonsen | ||
| 6 | ■Hokuriku Main Line | （Down） | ■Local | for Takaoka, Toyama |
| ■Limited Express Hakutaka | for Naoetsu, Echigo-Yuzawa | |||
| ■Limited Express Hokuetsu | for Naoetsu, Nagaoka, Niigata | |||
| ■Sleeper Limited Express Hokuriku | for Takasaki, Ōmiya, Ueno | |||
| ■Nanao Line | ■Local | for Hakui, Nanao, Wakuraonsen | ||
| 7 | ■Hokuriku Main Line | （Down） | ■Local ■Limited Express Thunderbird ■Limited Express Shirasagi ■Limited Express Ohayō Express |
for Takaoka, Toyama |
| ■Limited Express Hakutaka | for Naoetsu, Echigo-Yuzawa | |||
| ■Limited Express Hokuetsu | for Naoetsu, Nagaoka, Niigata | |||
| ■Sleeper Limited Express Nihonkai | for Sakata, Akita, Aomori | |||
| ■Sleeper Limited Express Twilight Express | for Sapporo | |||
| ■Nanao Line | ■Local ■Rapid Service ■Limited Express Thunderbird ■Limited Express Shirasagi |
for Hakui, Nanao, Wakuraonsen | ||
[edit] Station area
[edit] East exit
- Kanazawa Station Bus Terminal
- Kanazawa Miyako Hotel
- PORTE Kanazawa
- Hotel Nikko Kanazawa
- Kanazawa Art Hall
- Visage
- ANA Crowne Plaza Kanazawa
- Ishikawa Ongakudo
- Kanazawa FORUS
[edit] West exit
- JR Kanazawa Station West Building
- VIA INN Kanazawa
- Kanazawa Manten Hotel
- Kanazawa Water and Energy Center
[edit] Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
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| Hokuriku Main Line | ||||
| Nishi-Kanazawa | Local | Higashi-Kanazawa | ||
| Terminus | Rapid | Tsubata | ||
| Hokutetsu Asanogawa Line | ||||
| Terminus | Local | Nanatsuya | ||
[edit] External links
- Kanazawa Station (JR West official page) (Japanese)
- Virtual tour (360° panorama) of Kanazawa Station
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Coordinates: 36°34′42″N 136°38′52″E / 36.5782693°N 136.6477615°E
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