Toyama Station

Toyama Station 富山駅
Location	1-227 Meirinchō, Toyama, Toyama （富山市明輪町1-227） Japan
Operated by	JR West Ainokaze Toyama Railway Toyama Chihō Railway Toyama Light Rail
Line(s)	Hokuriku Shinkansen Takayama Main Line Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line Toyamakō Line
History
Opened	1899

Toyama Station (富山駅, Toyama-eki) is a railway station in Toyama, Toyama, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It is the biggest terminal station in Toyama. Dentetsu-Toyama Station (電鉄富山駅, Dentetsu-Toyama-eki), the terminal of the local Toyama Chihō Railway is next to the JR Toyama Station.

Lines

Toyama Station is served by the following lines.

• JR West
  • Hokuriku Shinkansen
  • Takayama Main Line
• Ainokaze Toyama Railway
  • Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
• Toyama Chihō Railway
  • Main Line (Dentetsu-Toyama Station)
  • Toyama City Tram Line (Toyama-Ekimae Station)
• Toyama Light Rail
  • Toyama-Kō Line (Toyamaeki-Kita Station)

This station is the starting point of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route to Murodō Station, Mount Tate, and Kurobe Dam.

Station layout

The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

The departure melody used for the shinkansen platforms was composed by producer ja, who was born in Toyama Prefecture.

Adjacent stations

Dentetsu Toyama Station

«		Service	»
Hokuriku Shinkansen
Nagano		Kagayaki		Kanazawa
Kurobe-Unazukionsen		Hakutaka		Shin-Takaoka
Terminus		Tsurugi		Shin-Takaoka
Takayama Main Line
Nishi-Toyama		Local		Terminus
Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
Kureha		Local	Higashi-Toyama
Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line
Terminus		Local		Inarimachi
Terminus		Express		Inarimachi
Terminus		Rapid Express		Inarimachi
Terminus		Limited Express "Unazuki"		Terada
Toyama-Shinai Kidō Line
Shintomichō			Chitetsubirumae
Toyamakō Line
Terminus		-	Intekkuhonshamae

History

Toyama Station opened on 20 March 1899. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.

From 14 March 2015, the station was served by the high-speed Hokuriku Shinkansen following the opening of the extension from Nagano to Kanazawa, providing direct services between Tokyo and Kanazawa.

Surrounding area

Kitaguchi Entrance (north side)

• Canal Park

Minamiguchi Entrance (south side)

• Toyama Castle
• Museum of Modern Art, Toyama
• Toyama International Conference Center
• Koshino Bungakukan/Toyama Museum of Literature and Manga

External links

• Toyama Station (JR West official page) (Japanese)
• Toyama Chiho Railway official website (Japanese)
• Toyama Light Rail official website (Japanese)