Kurikara Station

Location
	Kurikara Station Location within Japan

Kurikara Station

倶利伽羅駅
Kurikara Station; 倶利伽羅駅
	Kurikara Station in September 2018
General information
Location	150 Kariyasu, Tsubata-machi, Kahoku-gun, Ishikawa-ken 929-0416; Japan
Coordinates	36°40′21″N 136°47′29″E / 36.6726°N 136.7914°E
Operated by	IR Ishikawa Railway; Ainokaze Toyama Railway;
Line(s)	■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line; ■ Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line;
Distance	17.8 km from Kanazawa
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	15 June 1909
Passengers
FY2015	225
Location
Location
	Kurikara Station Location within Japan

Kurikara Station (倶利伽羅駅, Kurikara-eki) is a railway station in the town of Tsubata, Kahoku District, Ishikawa, Japan, jointly operated by the third-sector railway operator IR Ishikawa Railway and the Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Lines

Kurikara Station is the eastern terminal of the IR Ishikawa Railway Line from Daishōji, and is also the western terminal station for the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line to Ichiburi. The station is 194.4 kilometers from Maibara.

Layout

The station has an island platform serving two tracks. The platform is connected to the station building on the south side by a footbridge. The station is unattended.

Platforms

1	■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line	for Kanazawa
2	■ Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line	for Takaoka and Toyama

Adjacent stations

«	Service
IR Ishikawa Railway Line
Ainokaze Liner: Does not stop at this station
Tsubata	Local	Isurugi

History

Kurikara Station opened on 15 June 1909.^[1] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.^[1]

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.^[2] From this date, Kurikara Station became a boundary station between the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line of Toyama Prefecture to the west and the IR Ishikawa Railway Line of Ishikawa Prefecture to the east.^[2]

Surrounding area

Kariyasu Elementary School

References

^ ^a ^b 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. 138. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ ^a ^b しなの鉄道（株）、えちごトキめき鉄道（株）、あいの風とやま鉄道（株）及びＩＲいしかわ鉄道（株）申請の第一種鉄道事業許可について [Details of railway business approval for Shinano Railway, Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company, Ainokaze Toyama Railway, and IR Ishikawa Railway]. News release (in Japanese). Japan: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

[teishajo1998-1] 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. 138. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[mlit20140226-2] しなの鉄道（株）、えちごトキめき鉄道（株）、あいの風とやま鉄道（株）及びＩＲいしかわ鉄道（株）申請の第一種鉄道事業許可について [Details of railway business approval for Shinano Railway, Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company, Ainokaze Toyama Railway, and IR Ishikawa Railway]. News release (in Japanese). Japan: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.

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