Morimoto Station

Railway station in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan

36°36′44″N 136°41′22″E / 36.6122°N 136.6894°E / 36.6122; 136.6894Operated by

IR Ishikawa RailwayLine(s)■ IR Ishikawa Railway LineDistance5.4 km from KanazawaPlatforms1 side * 1 island platformTracks3Other informationStatusStaffedWebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened1 November 1911PassengersFY20151648

Location
Morimoto Station Location within Japan

Morimoto Station (森本駅, Morimoto-eki) is a railway station on the IR Ishikawa Railway Line in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator IR Ishikawa Railway.

Lines

Morimoto Station is served by the IR Ishikawa Railway Line between Daishōji and Kurikara, and lies 5.4 km east of Kanazawa. Through trains to and from the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line and JR West Nanao Line also operate over this line.

Layout

The station consists of a side platform (platform 1) and island platform (platforms 2 and 3) serving a total of three tracks, with the station building located above the platforms. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1	■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line	for Kanazawa
2	■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line	for Takaoka and Toyama
2	■ Nanao Line	for Hakui and Nanao

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
IR Ishikawa Railway Line
Ainokaze Liner: Does not stop at this station
Higashi-Kanazawa	Local	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, Morimoto Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company IR Ishikawa Railway.

Surrounding area

National Route 359
Kanazawa Koyo High School
Ishikawa Prefectural School for Students with Special Needs

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,648 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

References

^ 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.
^ 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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Morimoto Station.

Official website (in Japanese)

Stations of the IR Ishikawa Railway Line and related lines

Hokuriku Main Line

Biwako Line	(for Hikone and Kyoto<<)(for Gifu and Nagoya<<) Maibara Sakata Tamura Nagahama (for Torahime>>)	A
Hokuriku Line	(for Tamura<<) Nagahama Torahime Kawake Takatsuki Kinomoto Yogo - (for Ōmi-Imazu and Kyōto<<) Ōmi-Shiotsu Shin-Hikida Tsuruga	A