Wakuraonsen Station

Railway station in Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
Line(s)
Platforms2 side platformsTracks2ConstructionStructure typeAt gradeOther informationStatusStaffed (Midori no Madoguchi )WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened15 December 1898; 125 years ago (15 December 1898)Previous namesWakura (until 1980)PassengersFY2019438 (JR West) daily;
200 (Noto Railway) daily Services
Preceding station Logo of the West Railway Company (JR West) JR West Following station
Nanao
towards Tsubata
 JR Nanao Line Terminus
Preceding station Noto Railway Following station
Nanao
Terminus
 Nanao Line Terminus
Location
Wakuraonsen Station is located in Ishikawa Prefecture
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Wakuraonsen Station is located in Japan
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Wakuraonsen Station (和倉温泉駅, Wakuraonsen-eki) is a railway station in the city of Nanao, Ishikawa, Japan, operated jointly by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the private railway operator Noto Railway.

Lines

Wakuraonsen Station is served by the Nanao Line, and is located 59.5 kilometers from the end of the line at Tsubata. It is also 3.5 kilometers from Anamizu on the Noto Railway's Nanao Line.

Station layout

The station has two opposed ground-level side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

1 ■ Nanao Line for Osaka, Tsubata, Nanao and Kanazawa (express only)
2 ■ Nanao Railway for Nanao
for Anamizu

Adjacent stations

« Service »
JR Nanao Line
Nanao Thunderbird Terminus

History

The station opened on 15 December 1925, as simply Wakura Station (和倉駅).[1] It was renamed Wakuraonsen on 1 July 1980.[1] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the JR West portion of the station was used by an average of 626 passengers daily and the Noto Railway portion of the station was used by an average of 263 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. ^ 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. 153. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  2. ^ 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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Stations of the JR West Nanao Line