Tsubata Station

Location
	Tsubata Station Location within Japan

Tsubata Station

津幡駅
Tsubata Station; 津幡駅
	Tsubata Station in May 2016
General information
Location	7 Chi, Minamichujo, Tsubata-machi, Kahoku-gun, Ishikawa-ken 929-0343; Japan
Coordinates	36°39′27″N 136°43′49″E / 36.6576353°N 136.7302823°E
Operated by	JR West; IR Ishikawa Railway;
Line(s)	■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line; ■ Nanao Line;
Distance	11.5 km from Kanazawa
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi )
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 November 1898; 125 years ago
Passengers
FY2015	5,130 daily
Location
Location
	Tsubata Station Location within Japan

Tsubata Station (津幡駅, Tsubata-eki) is a railway station in the town of Tsubata, Kahoku District, Ishikawa, Japan, jointly operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the third-sector railway operator IR Ishikawa Railway.

Lines

Tsubata Station is served by the 17.8 km IR Ishikawa Railway Line between Kanazawa and Kurikara, and lies 11.5 km east of Kanazawa. It is also the starting point of the JR West Nanao Line to Nanao. Through trains to and from the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line also operate over this line.

Layout

The station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks, connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1, 2	■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line	for Kanazawa
3	■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line	for Takaoka and Toyama
4	■ Nanao Line	for Hakui and Nanao

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
IR Ishikawa Railway Line
Morimoto	Local	Kurikara
Nanao Line
Terminus	Local	Naka-Tsubata

History

The station opened on 1 November 1898.^[1] With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (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, Tsubata Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company IR Ishikawa Railway.

Surrounding area

National Route 8
National Route 159
National Institute of Technology, Ishikawa College
Chujo Elementary School

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 5,130 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[3]

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. pp. 137–138. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ 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.
^ 駅別運輸実績 [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Ishikawa Prefectural Government. 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2018.