Nyūzen Station

Nyūzen Station 入善駅
Nyūzen Station exterior in August 2007
General information
Location	6987 Irizen, Nyūzen-machi, Shimoniikawa-gun, Toyama-ken 939-0626 Japan
Coordinates	36.9413°N 137.4990°E / 36.9413; 137.4990
Operated by	Ainokaze Toyama Railway
Line(s)	■ Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
Distance	85.5 km from Kurikara
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	16 April 1910 (1910-04-16)
Passengers
FY2015	865 daily
Location Nyūzen Station Location within Japan

Nyūzen Station (入善駅, Nyūzen-eki) is a railway station on the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line in the town of Nyūzen, Toyama, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Lines

Nyūzen Station is served by the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line and is 85.5 kilometres from the starting point of the line at Kurikara.

Station layout

Nyūzen Station has two opposed ground-level side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1	■ Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line	for Toyama and Kanazawa
2	■ Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line	for Tomari and Itoigawa

History

Nyūzen Station was opened on 16 April 1910. From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano to Kanazawa, 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.^[1] From this date, Nyūzen Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
Nishi-Nyūzen		Local	Tomari

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 865 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surrounding area

• Nyūzen Post Office

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

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 20 March 2015.
2. 10-1 あいの風とやま鉄道各駅旅客輸送状況（1日平均）） (in Japanese). Japan: Toyama Prefectural Office. 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2017.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)