Fukuoka Station

Railway station in Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, Japan

36°42′30″N 136°55′56″E / 36.7083°N 136.9322°E / 36.7083; 136.9322Operated by

Ainokaze Toyama RailwayLine(s)■ Ainokaze Toyama Railway LineDistance14.0 km from KurikaraPlatforms1 side + 1 island platformsTracks3Other informationStatusStaffedWebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened1 November 1898PassengersFY20151,041

Location
Fukuoka Station Location within Japan

Fukuoka Station (福岡駅, Fukuoka-eki) is a railway station on the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line in the Fukuoka neighbourhood of the city of Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Ainokaze Toyama Railway, which is a third-sector operator. This station is named after Fukuoka, Toyama, not the city of Fukuoka in Kyushu, the main station of which is named Hakata.

Lines

Fukuoka Station is served by the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line and is 14.0 kilometres from the starting point of the line at Kurikara.

Station layout

Fukuoka Station has one side platform and one island platform connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

1	■ Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line	for Takaoka and Toyama
2	■ Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line	for Kanazawa

History

Fukuoka Station opened on 1 November 1898 as a station on the Japanese Government Railway (JGR). It was privatized on 1 April 1984, becoming a station on 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, Fukuoka Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
Isurugi		Local	Nishi-Takaoka

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,041 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surrounding area

Fukuoka high School

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 5 September 2015.
^ 10-1 あいの風とやま鉄道各駅旅客輸送状況（1日平均）） (in Japanese). Japan: Toyama Prefectural Office. 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2017.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fukuoka Station.

Official website (in Japanese)

Stations of the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line and related lines

Hokuriku Main Line

Biwako Line	(for Hikone and Kyoto<<)(for Gifu and Nagoya<<) Maibara Sakata Tamura Nagahama (for Torahime>>)	A
Hokuriku Line	(for Tamura<<) Nagahama Torahime Kawake Takatsuki Kinomoto Yogo - (for Ōmi-Imazu and Kyōto<<) Ōmi-Shiotsu Shin-Hikida Tsuruga	A