Toyama Station
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 The south side of Toyama Station in December 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1-227 Meirinchō, Toyama-shi Toyama Prefecture Japan | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 20 March 1899 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Toyama Station (富山駅, Toyama-eki) is a major railway station and multi-modal transport hub in Toyama, Toyama Prefecture, Japan.
Toyama Station, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and Ainokaze Toyama Railway, provides Shinkansen, Limited Express and local rail services.
Dentetsu-Toyama Station (電鉄富山駅, Dentetsu-Toyama-eki), on the eastern side of Toyama Station and operated by Toyama Chihō Railway, provides local and regional rail services.
Tram & light rail services, operated by Toyama Chihō Railway, depart from the western side of the Toyama Station building underneath its elevated railway tracks.
Local and long distance bus services operate from both the north and south sides of Toyama Station, with a bus information and ticket office located outside the south exit of Toyama Station. Taxis are also available from the north and south sides of the station.
Lines
[edit]Toyama Station is served by the following lines:
- JR West
- Hokuriku Shinkansen (Tokyo to Tsuruga)
- Takayama Main Line (to Takayama & Gifu, including Hida Limited Express operated by JR Central)
- Ainokaze Toyama Railway
- Toyama Chihō Railway
- Toyama City Tram Line (to Minami-Toyama, Toyama-daigaku-mae (University of Toyama & City Loop Line)
- Toyama-Kō Line ("Portram'" light rail line to Iwasehama)
Dentetsu-Toyama Station, on the eastern side of Toyama Station, is served by the following lines:
- Toyama Chihō Railway
- Main Line (to Unazuki Onsen)
- Tateyama Line (to Tateyama)
- Fujikoshi-Kamitaki Line (the Fujikoshi Line and Kamidaki Line operate as a combined service: Dentetsu-Toyama — Minami-Toyama — Iwakuraji).[1]
Dentetsu-Toyama station is the starting point of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route to Mount Tate (Tateyama), and Kurobe Dam.
Station layout
[edit]JR West operates a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
There are two platform entrances/ticket gates at Toyama Station:
- Shinkansen entrance
- Ainokaze Toyama Railway entrance. This entrance is also used to access JR Takayama Main Line & Hida Limited Express services (there are no automatic ticket gates, tickets need to be shown to the ticket gate attendant).
There is also a transfer gate between the Shinkansen and local lines, located on the mezzanine level of the Shinkansen entrance/exit.
Platforms
[edit]The departure melody used for the shinkansen platforms was composed by producer Akira Sudo, who was born in Toyama Prefecture.[2] The Hokuriku Shinkansen has 2 platforms serving 4 tracks, the Takayama Main Line/Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line has 2 platforms serving 5 tracks, the Toyama Chiho Railway Main Line at Dentetsu-Toyama Station has 3 platforms serving 4 tracks. The Toyama City Tram Line & Toyamakō Line tram & light rail services at Toyama Station have 2 tracks with 8 platforms (each track has a platform on each side and a north and south platform separated by a pedestrian crossing).
| Platform No | Line Name | Direction | Notes |
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| 11・12 |  Hokuriku Shinkansen
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for Nagano・Tokyo | |
| 13・14 | for Kanazawa and Tsuruga |
| Platform No | Line Name | Direction | Notes |
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| 1 | ■Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line | for Takaoka・Kanazawa | |
| 2 | ■JR Takayama Main Line | for Etchū Yatsuo・Takayama | |
| 3 | Used by Limited Express Hida services to Nagoya | ||
| ■Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line | for Takaoka・Kanazawa | ||
| 4・5 | for Uozu・Tomari・Itoigawa |
| Platform No | Line Name | Direction | Notes |
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| 1 - 4 | ■Main Line | for Kamiichi Station・Naka-Namerikawa・Dentetsu-Uozu・Dentetsu-Kurobe・Unazuki Onsen | Used by the Limited Express Unazuki on the Main Line |
| ■Tateyama Line | for Iwakuraji・Chigaki・Tateyama | ||
| ■Fujikoshi・Kamidaki Line | for Minami-Toyama・Kamidaki・Daisenji |
| Platform No | Line Name | Direction |
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| 1 | Toyama City Tram Line | ■ for Minami-Toyama Station |
| 2 | Used for Alighting only | |
| 3 | ■ Loop Line | |
| 4 | ■ for Toyama Daigakumae | |
| 5 | ■ Toyama Light Rail Toyamako Line | ■ for Iwasehama |
| 6・7 | Used for Alighting only | |
| 8 | ■ for Iwasehama |
Adjacent stations
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| « | Service | » | ||
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| Takayama Main Line | ||||
| Nishi-Toyama | Local | Terminus | ||
| Hayahoshi or Etchu-Yatsuo | Limited Express Hida | Terminus | ||
| Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line | ||||
| Kureha | Local | Shin-Toyamaguchi | ||
| Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line | ||||
| Terminus | Local | Inarimachi | ||
| Terminus | Express | Inarimachi | ||
| Terminus | Rapid Express | Inarimachi | ||
| Terminus | Limited Express Unazuki | Terada | ||
History
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Toyama Station opened on 20 March 1899.[3] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.[3]
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.[4][5] On the same day, services on the JR West Hokuriku Main Line within Toyama Prefecture were transferred to the new third-sector railway operator Ainokaze Toyama Railway.[6]
From March 21, 2020, with the completion of the north-south tram link across Toyama Railway Station, Toyama City Tram services operate a through service to the Toyamakō Line light rail line.[7]
On 16 March 2024, the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Kanazawa to Fukui and Tsuruga was opened.[8]
Surrounding area
[edit]Kitaguchi entrance (north side)
[edit]- Canal Park
Minamiguchi entrance (south side)
[edit]- Toyama Castle
- Museum of Modern Art, Toyama
- Toyama International Conference Center
- Koshino Bungakukan/Toyama Museum of Literature and Manga
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "鉄道 - 検索結果(路線別時刻表) | 富山地方鉄道株式会社". www.chitetsu.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-09-10.
- ^ 北陸新幹線 発車メロディの決定について [Departure melodies chosen for Hokuriku Shinkansen]. News release (in Japanese). Japan: West Japan Railway Company. 9 December 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-12-10. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ a b 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. 139. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ 北陸新幹線、来年３月１４日開業 東京―金沢２時間半 [Hokuriku Shinkansen to open 14 March next year: Tokyo - Kanazawa in two and a half hours]. Tokyo Shimbun Web (in Japanese). Japan: Chunichi Shimbun. 27 August 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-08-27. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "あいの風とやま鉄道について | 会社情報". あいの風とやま鉄道株式会社. Retrieved 2025-09-10.
- ^ Katsumi, 横山 勝巳 / Yokoyama (2020-03-21). "The trams of Toyama Chihō Railway connected north and south and began direct operation - World Transit Maps". Retrieved 2025-09-10.
- ^ "JR西日本，3月16日にダイヤ改正を実施 〜北陸新幹線 金沢—敦賀間が延伸開業〜｜鉄道ニュース｜2023年12月15日掲載｜鉄道ファン・railf.jp". 鉄道ファン・railf.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-09-10.
External links
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- Toyama Station (JR West official page) (in Japanese)
- West Japan Railway Company (official page) (in Japanese)
- West Japan Railway Company (official page) (in English)
- Ainokaze Toyama Railway official website (in Japanese)
- Toyama Chiho Railway official website (in Japanese)
- Toyama Chiho Railway official website (in English)
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