Kanazawa Station

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	Kanazawa Station Location within Ishikawa Prefecture Kanazawa Station Kanazawa Station (Central Japan) Kanazawa Station Kanazawa Station (Japan)

Kanazawa Station

金沢駅
Kanazawa Station; 金沢駅
	The Tsuzumi ("drum") Gate at JR Kanazawa Station East entrance, designed by Rhyuzou Shirae
General information
Location	1-1 Kinoshimbo-machi, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture 920-0858; Japan
Coordinates	36.578269°N 136.647762°E / 36.578269; 136.647762][[Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas]]"},"html":"Coordinates: </templatestyles>\"}' data-mw='{\"name\":\"templatestyles\",\"attrs\":{\"src\":\"Module:Coordinates/styles.css\"},\"body\":{\"extsrc\":\"\"}}'/>36°34′42″N 136°38′52″E / 36.578269°N 136.647762°E"}">
Operated by	JR West; IR Ishikawa Railway; Hokuriku Railroad;
Line(s)	Hokuriku Shinkansen; ■ Nanao Line; IR Ishikawa Railway Line; ■ Hokutetsu Asanogawa Line (Hokutetsu-Kanazawa);
Distance	450.5 km from Tokyo
Platforms	5 island platforms
Tracks	7
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 April 1898; 126 years ago
Passengers
FY2016	22,668 daily (JR West)
Services
Location
Location
	Kanazawa Station Location within Ishikawa Prefecture Kanazawa Station Kanazawa Station (Central Japan) Kanazawa Station Kanazawa Station (Japan)

Kanazawa Station (金沢駅, Kanazawa-eki) is a major railway station in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West), the private railway operator Hokuriku Railroad, and the third-sector operator IR Ishikawa Railway.

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Beneath a square in front of the JR station is Hokutetsu-Kanazawa Station, the terminal of the Hokuriku Railroad Asanogawa Line.

West Japan Railway Company (JR West):
- Hokuriku Shinkansen
IR Ishikawa Railway
- IR Ishikawa Railway Line (including JR West's Nanao Line through trains)
Hokuriku Railroad (Hokutetsu):
- Asanogawa Line (Hokutetsu-Kanazawa Station)

Platform 3 and 5, July 2022

Platforms 13 and 14, July 2022

Hokutetsu platforms, April 2022

IR Ishikawa Railway platforms

IR Ishikawa Railway platforms are elevated above street level, featuring three island platforms with one cut-out platform (for Track 4) on the Up (Toyama) side of the middle island platform, serving seven tracks in total. A large roof covers the station building, in order to prevent train stoppages due to accumulated snow within the station.

1-2	■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line	for Komatsu, Fukui
3	■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line	for Komatsu, Fukui
3	■ Nanao Line	for Hakui, Nanao, Wakuraonsen
4	■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line	for Takaoka, Toyama
4	■ Nanao Line	for Hakui, Nanao, Wakuraonsen
5	■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line	for Komatsu, Fukui
	■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line	for Takaoka, Toyama
	■ Nanao Line	for Hakui, Nanao, Wakuraonsen
6-7	■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line	for Takaoka, Toyama
6-7	■ Nanao Line	for Hakui, Nanao, Wakuraonsen

JR (Hokuriku Shinkansen) platforms

The Hokuriku Shinkansen platforms are adjacent to the east exit, between the Motenashi Dome and the IR Ishikawa Railway tracks. The Shinkansen station has two island platforms serving four tracks.

11-12	■ Hokuriku Shinkansen	for Toyama, Nagano, Tokyo
13-14	■ Hokuriku Shinkansen	for Fukui, Tsuruga

The departure melody used on the Hokuriku Shinkansen platforms was composed by songwriter and producer Yasutaka Nakata, who was born in Kanazawa.^[2]

Hokutetsu platforms

The platforms for the Hokutetsu Asanogawa Line are located underground, below the JR West platforms.

1-2	■ Hokutetsu Asanogawa Line	for Uchinada

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«	Service	»
IR Ishikawa Railway Line
Nishi-Kanazawa	Local	Higashi-Kanazawa
Hokutetsu Asanogawa Line
Terminus	Local	Nanatsuya

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The station opened on 1 April 1898.^[3] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.^[4] The platforms for the Hokuriku Shinkansen opened on 14 March 2015.^[5]

From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano, 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.^[6] From this date, Kanazawa Station became the western terminus of the IR Ishikawa Railway Line of Ishikawa Prefecture.^[6]

At the timetable revision effective 16 March 2024, the Hokuriku Shinkansen extended between Kanazawa and Tsuruga. All Thunderbird and Shirasagi limited express services were discontinued between Tsuruga and Kanazawa Stations.^[7] From the same date, the Hokuriku Main Line between Daishoji Station and Kanazawa Station was reorganized as the IR Ishikawa Railway Line, thus the former Hokuriku Main Line section of the station became exclusively used for the IR Ishikawa Railway Line including some through trains to the Nanao Line.^[8]

In fiscal 2016, the JR West portion of the station (including the conventional line section later removed from the JR West operation) was used by an average of 22,668 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[9]

Thumb — JR Kanazawa Station East entrance

East exit

Kanazawa Station Bus Terminal
Kanazawa Miyako Hotel
Hotel Nikko Kanazawa
Kanazawa Art Hall
ANA Crowne Plaza Kanazawa
Ishikawa Ongakudō

West exit

JR Kanazawa Station West Building
- Via Inn Kanazawa
Kanazawa Manten Hotel
Kanazawa Water and Energy Center

The bus terminals are located in both side of station. Almost all services to central Kanazawa including Kanazawa Loop Bus depart from east terminal, however some lines such as City Liner depart from west terminal.^[10] Most expressway bus stop was in east terminal but moved to west terminal in July 2023.

Expressway Bus

Hokuriku-do Highway Bus for Nagoya (Jointly operated by Hokuriku Railroad, Meitetsu Bus, West Japan JR Bus and JR Tokai Bus)
For Nagoya via Shirakawa-go (Jointly operated by Hokuriku Railroad and Meitetsu Bus)
For Kyoto and Osaka (Operated by West Japan JR Bus)
For Sendai (Operated by JR Bus Tohoku)
For Niigata (Jointly operated by Hokuriku Railroad and Niigata Kotsu)
For Shirakawa-go and Takayama (Jointly operated by Hokuriku Railroad and Nohi Bus)^[11]
For Komatsu Airport (Operated by Hokuriku Railroad)^[12]
For Wajima (Operated by Hokutetsu Okunoto Bus)
For Suzu (Operated by Hokutetsu Okunoto Bus)
Kimasshi-go for Tokyo (Operated by Kitanippon Kanko Bus)
For Kyoto and Osaka (Jointly operated by Kitanippon Kanko Bus and Kintetsu Bus)

Local Bus

Hokutetsu Bus
- Kanazawa Loop Bus^[13]
West Japan JR Bus^[14]
Kanazawa Furatto Bus Konohana route

Station entrance exterior
Drum gate, July 2022
Kanazawa Port Exit, July 2022
Shinkansen concourse, July 2022
Waiting rooms, July 2022
Shinkansen station fare gates, April 2022
Station concourse, April 2022
Fare gates, April 2022
Motenashi Dome, January 2014
Construction of the Hokuriku Shinkansen platforms, March 2008

[1]
https://www.kanazawastation.com/the-history-of-kanazawa-station/
[2]
北陸新幹線、金沢駅に中田ヤスタカ氏の発車メロディー採用 [Departure melody by Yasutaka Nakata to be used for Hokuriku Shinkansen Kanazawa Station]. Nihon Keizai Shimbun (in Japanese). Japan: Nikkei Inc. 9 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
[3]
日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 44. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
[4]
Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 137. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
[5]
"データで見るJR西日本 2022" [JR West Japan 2022 in Data] (PDF). westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 2022. pp. 88–90. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
[6]
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.
[7]
"「サンダーバード」「しらさぎ」JR北陸本線敦賀～金沢間ラストラン" [Last run of the "Thunderbird" and "Shirasagi" on the JR Hokuriku Main Line between Tsuruga and Kanazawa]. MyNavi Corporation (in Japanese). 16 March 2024. Archived from the original on 15 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
[8]
"福井駅で北陸線ありがとうセレモニー敦賀～大聖寺、「ハピラインふくい」へ" [Hokuriku Line Thank You Ceremony at Fukui Station, Transfer of track Tsuruga and Daishoji to "Hapi Line Fukui"]. Fukui Keizai Shimbun. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
[9]
駅別運輸実績 [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: Ishikawa Prefectural Government. 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
[10]
"バスのりば運行系統図" (PDF) (in Japanese). 石川県バス協会. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
[11]
"Gokayama, Shirakawa-go, Takayama". Hokuriku Railroad. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
[12]
"Komatsu Airport Limousine Bus". Hokuriku Railroad. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
[13]
"KANAZAWA LOOP BUS". Hokuriku Railroad. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
[14]
"Local Bus". WEST JAPAN JR BUS COMPANY. Retrieved 29 June 2023.

Kanazawa Station (JR West official page) (in Japanese)

[1] [1]
https://www.kanazawastation.com/the-history-of-kanazawa-station/

[nikkei20141209-2] [2]
北陸新幹線、金沢駅に中田ヤスタカ氏の発車メロディー採用 [Departure melody by Yasutaka Nakata to be used for Hokuriku Shinkansen Kanazawa Station]. Nihon Keizai Shimbun (in Japanese). Japan: Nikkei Inc. 9 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.

[jnr1985-3] [3]
日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 44. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.

[teishajo1998-4] [4]
Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 137. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.

[5] [5]
"データで見るJR西日本 2022" [JR West Japan 2022 in Data] (PDF). westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 2022. pp. 88–90. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

[mlit20140226-6] [6]
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.

[7] [7]
"「サンダーバード」「しらさぎ」JR北陸本線敦賀～金沢間ラストラン" [Last run of the "Thunderbird" and "Shirasagi" on the JR Hokuriku Main Line between Tsuruga and Kanazawa]. MyNavi Corporation (in Japanese). 16 March 2024. Archived from the original on 15 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.

[8] [8]
"福井駅で北陸線ありがとうセレモニー敦賀～大聖寺、「ハピラインふくい」へ" [Hokuriku Line Thank You Ceremony at Fukui Station, Transfer of track Tsuruga and Daishoji to "Hapi Line Fukui"]. Fukui Keizai Shimbun. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.

[ishikawa_stats-9] [9]
駅別運輸実績 [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (in Japanese). Japan: Ishikawa Prefectural Government. 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.

[10] [10]
"バスのりば運行系統図" (PDF) (in Japanese). 石川県バス協会. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.

[11] [11]
"Gokayama, Shirakawa-go, Takayama". Hokuriku Railroad. Retrieved 29 June 2023.

[12] [12]
"Komatsu Airport Limousine Bus". Hokuriku Railroad. Retrieved 29 June 2023.

[13] [13]
"KANAZAWA LOOP BUS". Hokuriku Railroad. Retrieved 29 June 2023.

[JRbus_local-14] [14]
"Local Bus". WEST JAPAN JR BUS COMPANY. Retrieved 29 June 2023.

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