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Wakuraonsen Station

Coordinates: 37°4′30.10″N 136°55′31.73″E / 37.0750278°N 136.9254806°E / 37.0750278; 136.9254806
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Wakuraonsen Station

和倉温泉駅
Wakuraonsen Station in May 2006
General information
LocationIshizaki-machi, Nanao-shi, Ishikawa-ken 926-0171
Japan
Coordinates37°4′30.10″N 136°55′31.73″E / 37.0750278°N 136.9254806°E / 37.0750278; 136.9254806
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened15 December 1898; 125 years ago (15 December 1898)
Previous namesWakura (until 1980)
Passengers
FY2019438 (JR West) daily;
200 (Noto Railway) daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the West Railway Company (JR West) JR West Following station
Nanao
towards Tsubata
JR Nanao Line Terminus
Preceding station Noto Railway Following station
Nanao
Terminus
Nanao Line Terminus
Location
Wakuraonsen Station is located in Ishikawa Prefecture
Wakuraonsen Station
Wakuraonsen Station
Location within Ishikawa Prefecture
Wakuraonsen Station is located in Central Japan
Wakuraonsen Station
Wakuraonsen Station
Wakuraonsen Station (Central Japan)
Wakuraonsen Station is located in Japan
Wakuraonsen Station
Wakuraonsen Station
Wakuraonsen Station (Japan)

Wakuraonsen Station (和倉温泉駅, Wakuraonsen-eki) is a railway station in the city of Nanao, Ishikawa, Japan, operated jointly by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the private railway operator Noto Railway.

Lines

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Wakuraonsen Station is served by the Nanao Line, and is located 59.5 kilometers from the end of the line at Tsubata. It is also 3.5 kilometers from Anamizu on the Noto Railway's Nanao Line.

Station layout

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The station has two opposed ground-level side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

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1  Nanao Line for Osaka, Tsubata, Nanao and Kanazawa (express only)
2  Nanao Railway for Nanao
for Anamizu

Adjacent stations

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JR Nanao Line
Nanao Thunderbird Terminus

History

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The station opened on 15 December 1925, as simply Wakura Station (和倉駅).[1] It was renamed Wakuraonsen on 1 July 1980.[1] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.[1]

Passenger statistics

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In fiscal 2015, the JR West portion of the station was used by an average of 626 passengers daily and the Noto Railway portion of the station was used by an average of 263 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 153. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  2. ^ 駅 別 運 輸 実 績 [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Ishikawa Prefectural Government. 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
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