Mikawa Station (Ishikawa)
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Mikawa Station 美川駅 | |||||
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_20240430_01.jpg) Mikawa Station in April 2024 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | 221 Mikawanaka-machi Ro, Hakusan-shi, Ishikawa-ken 929-0224[1] Japan | ||||
| Coordinates | 36°29′10″N 136°29′20″E / 36.4862°N 136.4890°E | ||||
| Operated by | IR Ishikawa Railway | ||||
| Line(s) | IR Ishikawa Railway Line | ||||
| Distance | 28.6 km from Daishōji | ||||
| Platforms | 1 side + 1 island platform | ||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Unstaffed | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1 April 1898 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| FY2015 | 840 | ||||
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Mikawa Station (美川駅, Mikawa-eki) is a railway station on the IR Ishikawa Railway Line in the city of Hakusan, Ishikawa, Japan, operated by IR Ishikawa Railway.[1]
Lines
[edit]Mikawa Station is served by the Hokuriku Main Line, and is 28.6 kilometers from the start of the line at Daishōji.
Station layout
[edit]The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected by an elevated station building. The station is unmanned.[2][3][1]
| 1 | ■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line | for Kanazawa |
| 2 | ■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line | for Fukui and Kanazawa |
| 3 | ■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line | for Fukui |
Adjacent stations
[edit]| « | Service | » | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IR Ishikawa Railway Line | ||||
| Komaiko | - | Kaga-Kasama | ||
History
[edit]Mikawa 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.[4]
Passenger statistics
[edit]In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 840 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[5]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Tedori River
- Mikawa Post Office
- Mikawa Elementary School
- Mikawa Junior High School
- Mikawa onsen
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Mikawa Station". IR Ishikawa Railway (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "能美根上駅 きょう無人化 ＪＲ西 窓口終了惜しむ声". 中日新聞. Archived from the original on 10 September 2022.
- ^ "3月で6駅無人化 七尾・北陸線 JR西、利用減少". 北國新聞. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021.
- ^ "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
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- Official website (in Japanese)
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