Nishi-Kanazawa Station

Location
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Nishi-Kanazawa Station

西金沢駅
Nishi-Kanazawa Station; 西金沢駅
	Nishi-Kanazawa Station in April 2013
General information
Location	1-1 Nishi-Kanazawa, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture 921-8054; Japan
Coordinates	36°33′12″N 136°37′18″E / 36.5532064°N 136.6216367°E
Operated by	IR Ishikawa Railway
Line(s)	IR Ishikawa Railway Line;
Distance	42.7 km (26.5 mi) from Daishōji
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Hokuriku Railroad Ishikawa Line (Shin-Nishi-Kanazawa); Bus stop;
Other information
Status	Unmanned station (automatic ticket vending machine installed)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 August 1912; 111 years ago
Previous names	Nonoichi (to 1925)
Passengers
FY2015	2,628
Location
Location
	Nishi-Kanazawa Station Location within Ishikawa Prefecture Nishi-Kanazawa Station Nishi-Kanazawa Station (Central Japan) Nishi-Kanazawa Station Nishi-Kanazawa Station (Japan)

Nishi-Kanazawa Station (西金沢駅, Nishi-Kanazawa-eki) is a railway station in the city of Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Nishi-Kanazawa Station is served by the IR Ishikawa Railway Line, and is 42.7 kilometers from the start of the line at Daishōji.

Station layout

The station consists of one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unmanned.^[1]^[2]

Platforms

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

History

Nishi-Kanazawa Station opened on 1 August 1912 as Nonoichi Station (野々市駅). It was renamed to its present name on 1 October 1925. 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.^[3]

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
IR Ishikawa Railway Line
Nonoichi		-	Kanazawa

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 2,628 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[4]

Gallery

East Exit, July 2022
Ticket office and fare gates, July 2022
Platforms, July 2022
Bus stop by the West Exit, July 2022

Surrounding area

The Hokuriku Railroad Ishikawa Line is also connected to the station with a separate building named Shin-Nishi-Kanazawa Station located on the east side of the JR station.

References

^ "石川県内ＪＲ８割、無人駅に西金沢駅、１０月末に窓口終了｜社会｜石川のニュース｜北國新聞". 北國新聞 (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 November 2022.
^ "西金沢駅、きょうから無人｜社会｜石川のニュース｜北國新聞". 北國新聞 (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 November 2022.
^ "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

Official website (in Japanese)

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[1] "石川県内ＪＲ８割、無人駅に西金沢駅、１０月末に窓口終了｜社会｜石川のニュース｜北國新聞". 北國新聞 (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 November 2022.

[2] "西金沢駅、きょうから無人｜社会｜石川のニュース｜北國新聞". 北國新聞 (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 November 2022.

[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 and ownership from the 16th of March 2024.]. NHK NEWS WEB. 16 March 2024. Retrieved 16 June 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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