Kanazawa Station
金沢 | |
|---|---|
 JR Kanazawa Station East entrance | |
| General information | |
| Location | 1-1 Kinoshimbo-machi |
| Operated by | JR West Hokuriku Railroad |
| Line(s) | Hokuriku Main Line Asanogawa Line |
Kanazawa Station (金沢駅, Kanazawa-eki) is a major railway station in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Beneath a square in front of the JR station, there is Hokutetsu-Kanazawa Station, the terminal of Hokuriku Railroad Asanogawa Line.
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)
Station layout
JR platforms
JR Kanazawa Station is elevated above street level, featuring three island platforms with one cut-out platform (for Track 4) on the Up (Toyama) side of the middle island platform, serving seven tracks in total. A large roof covers the station building, in order to prevent train stoppages due to accumulated snow within the station.
While the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension to Kanazawa will not open until the end of fiscal 2014, the railbed and concourse level for the Shinkansen station were constructed together with the elevated conventional station in the early 1990s. These are adjacent to the east exit, between the Motenashi Dome and the conventional tracks. Construction of the platforms and outer shell for the Shinkansen station is (as of mid-2012) now under way; when completed, it will have two island platforms serving four tracks. At the time of its opening, it will be the terminus of the line, with an expected transit time of two hours and thirty minutes to Tokyo (compared to four hours currently). However, long-term plans call for the route to be extended first to Tsuruga, and eventually, Osaka (the latter possibly via the use of Gauge Change Trains).
| 1 | ■Hokuriku Main Line | (Up) | ■Local ■Limited Express Hakutaka |
for Komatsu, Fukui |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ■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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| ■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 | ||
Adjacent stations
| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hokuriku Main Line | ||||
| Terminus | Rapid | Tsubata | ||
| Nishi-Kanazawa | Local | Higashi-Kanazawa | ||
| Hokutetsu Asanogawa Line | ||||
| Terminus | Local | Nanatsuya | ||
Surrounding area
East exit
- Kanazawa Station Bus Terminal
- Kanazawa Miyako Hotel
- Hotel Nikko Kanazawa
- Kanazawa Art Hall
- ANA Crowne Plaza Kanazawa
- Ishikawa Ongakudō
West exit
- JR Kanazawa Station West Building
- Via Inn Kanazawa
- Kanazawa Manten Hotel
- Kanazawa Water and Energy Center
History
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The station first opened on 1 April 1898.[1]
- 12 October 1909 - The line was named Hokuriku Main Line.
- 1 April 1987 - With the privatization of JNR, Kanazawa station became 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 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.
References
- ^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 44. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
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