Kanazawa Station

Kanazawa Station 金沢駅
The Tsuzumi ("drum") Gate at JR Kanazawa Station East entrance
Location	1-1 Kinoshimbo-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa （石川県金沢市木ノ新保町1-1） Japan
Operated by	JR West Hokuriku Railroad IR Ishikawa Railway
Line(s)	Hokuriku Shinkansen Hokuriku Main Line Asanogawa Line IR Ishikawa Railway Line
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1898

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.

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

Lines

• West Japan Railway Company (JR West):
  • Hokuriku Shinkansen
  • Hokuriku Main Line
  • Nanao Line (This line formally starts from Tsubata Station, but all the trains run straight into Kanazawa Station）
• Hokuriku Railroad (Hokutetsu):
  • Asanogawa Line (Hokutetsu-Kanazawa Station)
• IR Ishikawa Railway
  • IR Ishikawa Railway Line

Station layout

The JR tracks and platforms

JR platforms

JR Kanazawa Station is 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.

The Hokuriku Shinkansen platforms are adjacent to the east exit, between the Motenashi Dome and the conventional tracks. The shinkansen station has two island platforms serving four tracks. At the time of its opening, it will be the terminus of the line, although, long-term plans call for the route to be extended first to Tsuruga, and eventually to Osaka.

1	■Hokuriku Main Line	(Up)	■Local	for Komatsu, Fukui
			■Limited Express Raichō ■Sleeper Limited Express Nihonkai	for Fukui, Tsuruga, Kyoto, Osaka
			■Limited Express Shirasagi	for Fukui, Tsuruga, Maibara, Nagoya
2	■Hokuriku Main Line	(Up)	■Local	for Komatsu, Fukui
			■Limited Express Raichō, Thunderbird	for Fukui, Tsuruga, Kyoto, Osaka
			■Limited Express Shirasagi	for Fukui, Maibara, Nagoya
3	■Hokuriku Main Line	(Up)	■Local	for Komatsu, Fukui
			■Limited Express Raichō	for Fukui, Tsuruga, Kyoto, Osaka
			■Limited Express Shirasagi	for Fukui, Maibara, Nagoya
	■Nanao Line		■Local	for Hakui, Nanao, Wakuraonsen
4	■Nanao Line		■Local	for Hakui, Nanao, Wakuraonsen
	■Hokuriku Main Line	(Down）	■Local (Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line, IR Ishikawa Railway Line)	for Takaoka, Toyama
5	■Hokuriku Main Line	(Up)	■Local ■Limited Express Oyasumi Express (operated by JR West)	for Komatsu, Fukui
		(Down)	■Local (Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line, IR Ishikawa Railway Line)	for Takaoka, Toyama
			■Overnight Express Noto (operated by JR West)	for Takasaki, Ōmiya, Ueno
	■Nanao Line		■Local	for Hakui, Nanao, Wakuraonsen
6	■Hokuriku Main Line	(Down)	■Local (Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line, IR Ishikawa Railway Line)	for Takaoka, Toyama
	■Nanao Line		■Local	for Hakui, Nanao, Wakuraonsen
7	■Hokuriku Main Line	(Down)	■Local (Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line, IR Ishikawa Railway Line) ■Limited Express Thunderbird (operated by JR West) ■Limited Express Shirasagi (operated by JR West) ■Limited Express Ohayō Express (operated by JR West)	for Takaoka, Toyama
			■Sleeper Limited Express Nihonkai (operated by JR West)	for Sakata, Akita, Aomori
	■Nanao Line		■Local ■Rapid Service ■Limited Express Thunderbird ■Limited Express Shirasagi	for Hakui, Nanao, Wakuraonsen

11-14

■ Hokuriku Shinkansen

for Toyama, Nagano, and Tokyo

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

Hokutetsu platforms

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

1-2

■ Hokutetsu Asanogawa Line

for Uchinada

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Hokuriku Shinkansen
Toyama		Kagayaki		Terminus
Shin-Takaoka		Hakutaka		Terminus
Shin-Takaoka		Tsurugi		Terminus
Hokuriku Main Line
Terminus		Rapid		Terminus
Nishi-Kanazawa		Local		Terminus
IR Ishikawa Railway Line
Terminus		Local	Higashi-Kanazawa
Hokutetsu Asanogawa Line
Terminus		Local	Nanatsuya

History

The station opened on 1 April 1898. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.

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. From this date, Kanazawa Station will become the western terminus of the IR Ishikawa Railway Line of Ishikawa Prefecture.

Surrounding area

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

Bus services

East Exit

Gate 6

Gate 1

• Hokutetsu bus Express bus service for Noto

Gate 2

• Hokutetsu Highway Bus (Services are operated by Hokutetsu Bus and local companies from the destination areas.)
  • For Tokyo (operated by Hokutetsu Bus and Nishi Tokyo Bus)
  • For Yokohama and Fujisawa (operated by Hokutetsu Bus and Enoden Bus)
  • For Nagoya (operated by Hokutetsu Bus and Meitetsu Bus, JR Tokai Bus, and West JR Bus)
  • For Osaka (operated by Hokutetsu Bus and Hankyu bus)
  • For Sendai (operated by Hokutetsu Bus and Miyagi Kotsu)
  • For Niigata (operated by Hokutetsu Bus and Niigata Kotsu)
  • For Toyama (operated by Hokutetsu Bus and Toyama Chihō Railway)
• Nippon Chuo Bus
  • For Tokyo

Gate 3

• Hokutetsu bus for Kanazawa Gakuin University and Hokuriku University

Gate 4

• JR Bus for Fukumitsu Station and Tonami Station

Gate 5

• Machi Bus for Central Kanazawa (operated by West JR Bus)
• West JR Highway Bus (Some buses are operated by other operators)
  • Dream Kanazawa for Tokyo (operated with JR Bus Kanto )
  • Kanazawa Express for Tokyo (operated with JR Bus Kanto and Seibu Bus)
  • For Nagoya (daytime) (operated with JR Tokai Bus)
  • Hokuriku Dream Nagoya for Nagoya (night-time) (operated with JR Tokai Bus)
  • For Osaka (daytime)
  • For Osaka (via Fukui Station)
  • For Osaka (night-time)
  • For Toyama

Gate 6

• Hokutetsu Bus for Mount Utatsu and Kanazawa University

Gate 7

A route 20 bus

• Hokutetsu Bus for Kanazawa University High School (Route 20)

Gate 8

• Hokutetsu Bus for Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Gate 9

• Hokutetsu Bus for Kinjo University, Nonoichi City Hall, and Nonoichi Station

Gate 10

• Hokutetsu Bus for Kanazawa Gakuin University

Gate 11

• Hokutetsu Bus for Nishi-Kanazawa Station

West Exit

Gate 1

• Keifuku Bus for Awara-Yunomachi Station (Seasonal)

Gate 2

• Hokutetsu Bus Routes 52 and 57

Gate 3

• Hokutetsu Bus Komatsu Airport Bus

Gate 4

• Hokutetsu Bus for Unoke Station

Gate 5

• Hokutetsu Bus for Nomachi Station, Kanazawa Gakuin University, and Kanazawa Seiryo University

Gate 6

• Hokutetsu Bus

Gate 7

• West JR Bus

Gate 8

• West JR Bus

External links

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