Tsubata Station

Tsubata Station 津幡駅
Location	7 Chi, Minamichujo, Tsubata, Kahoku, Ishikawa （石川県河北郡津幡町南中条チ7） Japan
Operated by	IR Ishikawa Railway
Line(s)	IR Ishikawa Railway Line
History
Opened	1911

Tsubata Station (津幡駅 Tsubata-eki) is a railway station in Tsubata, Kahoku District, Ishikawa, Japan, operated by 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.

Adjacent stations

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

History

The station opened on 1 November 1911. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West. 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.^[1] From this date, Tsubata Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company IR Ishikawa Railway.

References

1. 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.

External links

• IR Ishikawa Railway station information (Japanese)

Coordinates: 36°39′27″N 136°43′49″E / 36.6576353°N 136.7302823°E