Operated by IR Ishikawa Railway Opened 1911 | Address Japan | |
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Location 61-2 Ro, Mirokumachi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa
（石川県金沢市弥勒町ロ61番地2）
Japan Line(s) IR Ishikawa Railway Line Similar Higashi‑Kanazawa Station, Tsubata Station, Nishi‑Kanazawa Station, Mitsuya Station, Isobe Station | ||
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.
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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.
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. From this date, Morimoto Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company IR Ishikawa Railway.