Etchū-Miyazaki Station


Etchū-Miyazaki Station is a railway station on the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line in the town of Asahi, Toyama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Lines

Etchū-Miyazaki Station is served by the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line and is 95.4 kilometres from the starting point of the line at. Some trains of the Echigo Tokimeki Railway Nihonkai Hisui Line terminate at Etchū-Miyazaki Station rather than neighbouring.

Station layout

Etchū-Miyazaki Station has one island platform connected by a footbridge. The station is unattended.

History

Etchū-Miyazaki Station opened on 20 November 1957 as a station on the Japan National Railways. It was privatized on 1 April 1984, becoming a station on JR West.
From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from to, local passenger operations over sections of the former Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to different third-sector railway operating companies. From this date, Etchū-Miyazaki Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 67 passengers daily.

Surrounding area