Kaga-Kasama Station

Coordinates: 36°30′10″N 136°31′39″E / 36.5027°N 136.5276°E

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Kaga-Kasama Station

加賀笠間駅

Kaga-Kasama Station platforms in April 2009

General information

Location

Kasama-machi, Hakusan-shi, Ishikawa-ken 924-0063
Japan

Coordinates

36°30′10″N 136°31′39″E / 36.5027°N 136.5276°E

Operated by

IR Ishikawa Railway

Line(s)

IR Ishikawa Railway Line

Distance

32.6 km from Daishōji

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Other information

Status

Unstaffed^[1]

Website

Official website

History

Opened

1 August 1923

Passengers

FY2015

1552

Location
Kaga-Kasama Station Location within Japan

Kaga-Kasama Station (加賀笠間駅, Kaga-Kasama-eki) is a railway station on the IR Ishikawa Railway Line in the city of Hakusan, Ishikawa, Japan, operated by IR Ishikawa Railway.

Lines

Kaga-Kasama Station is served by the IR Ishikawa Railway Line, and is 32.6 kilometers from the start of the line at Daishōji.

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms, numbered 1 on the west side and 2 on the east side, connected by a footbridge. Each platform has an unattended station building.^[1]

Platforms

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

History

Kaga-Kasama Station opened on 1 August 1923. 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.^[2]

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
IR Ishikawa Railway Line
Mikawa		-	Nishi-Mattō

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,552 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[3]

Surrounding area

Kinjo University

References

^ ^a ^b "Kaga-Kasama Station". IR Ishikawa Railway. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
^ "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

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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