Kagaonsen Station

Location
	Kagaonsen Station Location within Ishikawa Prefecture Kagaonsen Station Kagaonsen Station (Japan)

Kagaonsen Station

加賀温泉駅
Kagaonsen Station; 加賀温泉駅
	Kagaonsen Station in August 2023
General information
Location	58 Sakumi-machi, Kaga-shi, Ishikawa-ken 922-0423; Japan
Coordinates	36°19′13″N 136°21′02″E / 36.3202471°N 136.3505352°E
Operated by	JR West; IR Ishikawa Railway;
Line(s)	Hokuriku Shinkansen; IR Ishikawa Railway Line;
Distance	134.3 km (83.5 mi) from Maibara
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Elevated (Shinkansen); At-Grade (IR Ishikawa Railway)
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	11 October 1944; 80 years ago
Previous names	Sakumi (until 1970)
Passengers
FY2015	2229 daily
Services
Location
Location
	Kagaonsen Station Location within Ishikawa Prefecture Kagaonsen Station Kagaonsen Station (Japan)

Kagaonsen Station (加賀温泉駅, Kagaonsen-eki) is a railway station on the IR Ishikawa Railway Line in Kaga, Ishikawa, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the IR Ishikawa Railway.

Lines

Kagaonsen Station is served by the IR Ishikawa Railway Line. It became a station on the Hokuriku Shinkansen when the extension of that line west of Kanazawa opened on 16 March 2024.^[1]

Station layout

The station consists of two elevated island platforms with the station building underneath. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

Platforms

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

11	■ Hokuriku Shinkansen	for Kanazawa, Tokyo
12	■ Hokuriku Shinkansen	for Fukui and Tsuruga

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
IR Ishikawa Railway Line
Daishoji		Local		Iburihashi

History

The station opened on 11 October 1944 as Sakumi Station (作見駅).^[2] It was renamed Kagaonsen Station on 1 October 1970.^[2] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.^[2]

Effective the timetable revision on 16 March 2024, the Hokuriku Shinkansen began operations at the station while the facilities of the Hokuriku Main Line were transferred to the IR Ishikawa Railway.^[1]^[3]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 2,229 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[4]

Surrounding area

References

^ ^a ^b "Hokuriku Shinkansen's Kanazawa-Tsuruga extension set to open Saturday". The Japan Times. 14 March 2024. Archived from the original on 14 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
^ ^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. 135. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ "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 from the 16th of March.]. NHK NEWS WEB (in Japanese). 16 March 2024. Archived from the original on 16 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 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)

[:1-1] "Hokuriku Shinkansen's Kanazawa-Tsuruga extension set to open Saturday". The Japan Times. 14 March 2024. Archived from the original on 14 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.

[teishajo1998-2] 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. 135. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[:0-3] "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 from the 16th of March.]. NHK NEWS WEB (in Japanese). 16 March 2024. Archived from the original on 16 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.

[ishikawa_stats-4] 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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