Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station

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Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station
黒部宇奈月温泉駅
File:Kurobe-Unazukionsen station 2015Y.JPG
The station exterior, March 2015
Location 3210-3 Wakaguri, Kurobe, Toyama
(富山県黒部市若栗3210-3)
Japan
Operated by JR West
Line(s) Hokuriku Shinkansen
History
Opened 2015

Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station (黒部宇奈月温泉駅 Kurobe-Unazuki-onsen-eki?) is a railway station on the high-speed Hokuriku Shinkansen line in Kurobe, Toyama, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It opened on 14 March 2015. Shin-Kurobe Station on the Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line is connected to the station by a walkway.

Lines

Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station is served by the high-speed Hokuriku Shinkansen line from Tokyo to Kanazawa, and is located 253.1 km from the official starting point of the line at Takasaki.[1] Only semi-fast Hakutaka Tokyo-to-Kanazawa services stop at Kurobe-Unazukionsen,[1] with a roughly hourly service in each direction.

Station layout

The station consists of elevated platforms for the Hokuriku Shinkansen, with exits located on the east, west, and south sides of the station building.

Platforms

The elevated shinkansen platforms consist of two 312 m long side platforms serving two tracks. The platforms are fitted with chest-high platform edge doors.[1]

1  Hokuriku Shinkansen for Nagano and Tokyo
2  Hokuriku Shinkansen for Toyama and Kanazawa

The departure melody used for the shinkansen platforms is "Kirameki: Mizu no Miyako kara" (煌~水の都から~?), composed by singer-songwriter ja (Kei Takahara), who was born in Toyama Prefecture.[2]

Facilities

The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office. Toilets are located on the ground floor, and waiting rooms and smoking rooms are provided on both of the platforms.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Hokuriku Shinkansen
Kagayaki: no stop
Itoigawa   Hakutaka   Toyama

History

File:Kurobe-Unazukionsen station 20140914.jpg
The station under construction in September 2014

Initially given the tentative name of Shin-Kurobe Station (新黒部駅?, lit. "New Kurobe Station"), the station name of Kurobe-Unazukionsen was formally made public on 7 June 2013.[3] The name combines the name of the city of Kurobe with Unazuki Onsen, a famous hot spring resort nearby, and the base to ride The Kurobe Gorge Railway.[4]

Surrounding area

See also

References

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