Opened 20 March 1899 | ||
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Location 1-227 Meirinchō, Toyama-shi, Toyama-ken
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 Address 1-225 Meirincho, Toyama, Toyama Prefecture 930-0001, Japan Similar Kanazawa Station, Takaoka Station, Takayama Station, Fukui Station, Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Ro | ||
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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.
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toyama station
Lines
Toyama Station is served by the following lines.
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 Akira Sudo, who was born in Toyama Prefecture.
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.