Morimoto Station

Morimoto Station

森本駅
Morimoto Station; 森本駅
	Morimoto Station in March 2010
Location	61-2 Ro, Mirokumachi, Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa-ken 920-3115; Japan
Coordinates	36°36′44″N 136°41′22″E / 36.6122°N 136.6894°ECoordinates: 36°36′44″N 136°41′22″E / 36.6122°N 136.6894°E
Operated by	IR Ishikawa Railway
Line(s)	■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line
Distance	5.4 km from Kanazawa
Platforms	1 side * 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Other information
Status	Staffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 November 1911
Passengers
FY2015	1648
Location
	Morimoto Station Location within Japan

Morimoto Station (森本駅, Morimoto-eki) is a railway station on the IR Ishikawa Railway Line in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator IR Ishikawa Railway.

Lines[]

Morimoto Station is served by the 17.8 km IR Ishikawa Railway Line between Kanazawa and Kurikara, and lies 5.4 km east of Kanazawa. Through trains to and from the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line and JR West Nanao Line also operate over this line.

Layout[]

The station consists of a side platform (platform 1) and island platform (platforms 2 and 3) serving a total of three tracks, with the station building located above the platforms. The station is staffed.

Platforms[]

1	■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line	for Kanazawa
2	■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line	for Takaoka and Toyama
2	■ Nanao Line	for Hakui and Nanao

Adjacent stations[]

«	Service	»
IR Ishikawa Railway Line
Ainokaze Liner: Does not stop at this station
Higashi-Kanazawa	Local	Tsubata

History[]

The station opened on 1 November 1911. 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 to Kanazawa, 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.^[1] From this date, Morimoto Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company IR Ishikawa Railway.

Surrounding area[]

National Route 359
Kanazawa Koyo High School
Ishikawa Prefectural School for Students with Special Needs

Passenger statistics[]

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,648 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

References[]

^ 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.
^ 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[]

Official website (in Japanese)

[mlit20140226-1] 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.

[ishikawa_stats-2] 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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