Mattō Station

Location
	Mattō Station Location within Ishikawa Prefecture Mattō Station Mattō Station (Central Japan) Mattō Station Mattō Station (Japan)

Mattō Station

松任駅
Mattō Station; 松任駅
	South Exit, April 2024
General information
Location	1020 Ainoki-machi, Hakusan City, Ishikawa Prefecture 924-0022; Japan
Coordinates	36°31′37″N 136°33′59″E / 36.5269°N 136.5663°E
Operated by	IR Ishikawa Railway
Line(s)	IR Ishikawa Railway Line
Distance	37.0 km (23.0 mi) from Daishōji
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 April 1898; 126 years ago
Passengers
FY2019	3,758 daily (boarding only)
Location
Location
	Mattō Station Location within Ishikawa Prefecture Mattō Station Mattō Station (Central Japan) Mattō Station Mattō Station (Japan)

Mattō Station (松任駅, Mattō-eki) is a railway station on the IR Ishikawa Railway Line in the city of Hakusan, Ishikawa, Japan, operated by IR Ishikawa Railway.

Lines

Mattō Station is served by the IR Ishikawa Railway Line, and is 37.0 kilometers from the start of the line at Daishōji.

Station layout

The station consists of one elevated side platform and one elevated island platform with the station building located underneath. The station has a staffed ticket office.^[1]

Platforms

1	■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line	for Fukui
2	■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line	for Fukui and Kanazawa
3	■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line	for Kanazawa

History

Mattō Station opened on 1 April 1898. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

On 16 March 2024, the station came under the aegis of the IR Ishikawa Railway due to the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen from Kanazawa to Tsuruga.^[2]

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
IR Ishikawa Railway Line
Nishi-Mattō		-	Nonoichi

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 3,493 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[3]

Surrounding area

Mattō Castle site
Mattō High School
Hakusan City Museum

Gallery

Mattō Station platforms in April 2013
D51 822 preserved in the station square, August 2014

References

^ "Mattō Station". IR Ishikawa Railway. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
^ "ＪＲ北陸本線の県内区間は１６日から第３セクターに" [JR Hokuriku Main Line sections within Ishikawa prefecture will move to third-sector operations and ownership from the 16th of March 2024.]. NHK NEWS WEB. 16 March 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
^ 駅別運輸実績 [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Ishikawa Prefectural Government. 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2018.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

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[official-1] "Mattō Station". IR Ishikawa Railway. Retrieved 29 June 2024.

[2] "ＪＲ北陸本線の県内区間は１６日から第３セクターに" [JR Hokuriku Main Line sections within Ishikawa prefecture will move to third-sector operations and ownership from the 16th of March 2024.]. NHK NEWS WEB. 16 March 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.

[ishikawa_stats-3] 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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