Anamizu Station

Anamizu Station

穴水駅
Anamizu Station; 穴水駅
	Station building in May 2016
Location	33 Omachi, Anamizu-machi, Hōsu-gun, Ishikawa-ken 927-0026; Japan
Coordinates	37°13′40.95″N 136°54′16.81″E / 37.2280417°N 136.9046694°ECoordinates: 37°13′40.95″N 136°54′16.81″E / 37.2280417°N 136.9046694°E
Operated by	Noto Railway
Line(s)	■ Nanao Line
Distance	33.1 km from Nanao
Platforms	1 side + 1 island + 1 bay platform
Tracks	4
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	27 August 1932
Passengers
FY2015	135 daily
Location
	Anamizu Station Location within Japan

Platforms

Anamizu Station (穴水駅, Anamizu-eki) is a railway station on the Nanao Line in the town of Anamizu, Hōsu District, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Noto Railway.

Lines[]

Anamizu Station is a terminus of the Noto Railway Nanao Line, and is located 33.1 km from the opposing terminus of the line at Nanao.

Station layout[]

The station consists of one ground-level side platform, one island platform and one bay platform, connected by a footbridge. However, only Platform 1 is current in use. The station is staffed.

Platforms[]

0	■ Noto Railway Nanao Line	(not in use)
1	■ Noto Railway Nanao Line	for Wakura-Onsen and Nanao
2, 3	■ Noto Railway Noto Line	(not in use)

Adjacent stations[]

«		Service	»
Noto Railway Nanao Line
Noto-Kashima			Terminus

History[]

Anamizu Station opened on 27 August 1932 as a station on the Nanao Line. Operations on the Noto Line to Ukawa began on 15 June 1959. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West. On 1 September 1991, the section of the Nanao Line from Nanao to Anamizu was separated from JR West into the Noto Railway. On 1 April 2001, the Nanao Line discontinued operations past Anamizu to Wajima, making Anamizu the terminus of the line. Operations on the Noto Line were discontinued from 1 April 2005.

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 210 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[1]

Surrounding area[]

National Route 249
Anamizu Town Hall

External links[]

Official website (in Japanese)

References[]

^ 駅別運輸実績 [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Ishikawa Prefectural Government. 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2018.

[ishikawa_stats-1] 駅別運輸実績 [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Ishikawa Prefectural Government. 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2018.

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