is a railway station on the high-speed

Hokuriku Shinkansen The is a high-speed Shinkansen railway line jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West), connecting Tokyo with in the Hokuriku region of Japan. The first section, between and in Nagano Pr ...

line in Kurobe, Toyama, Japan, operated by

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(JR West). Shin-Kurobe Station on the Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line is connected to the station by a walkway.

Lines

Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station is served by the high-speed

line from to , and is located from the official starting point of the line at . Only semi-fast ''

Hakutaka The is a high-speed ''shinkansen'' train service jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West) between and on the Hokuriku Shinkansen line in Japan. The shinkansen service was introduced o ...

'' Tokyo-to-Kanazawa services stop at Kurobe-Unazukionsen, with a roughly hourly service in each direction.

Station layout

The station consists of elevated platforms for the Hokuriku Shinkansen, with exits located on the east, west, and south sides of the station building.

Platforms

The elevated shinkansen platforms consist of two 312 m long

side platforms A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

serving two tracks. The platforms are fitted with chest-high platform edge doors. The

departure melody A train melody is a succession of musically expressive tones played when a train is arriving at or about to depart from a train station. As part of train passenger operations, a train melody includes a parade of single notes organized to follow e ...

used for the shinkansen platforms is , composed by singer-songwriter , who was born in Toyama Prefecture.

Facilities

The station has a Midori no ticket vending machine plus". Toilets are located on the ground floor, and waiting rooms and smoking rooms are provided on both of the platforms.

History

Initially given the tentative name of , the station name of Kurobe-Unazukionsen was formally made public on 7 June 2013. The name combines the name of the city of Kurobe with

Unazuki Onsen is a hot spring resort located in the city of Kurobe, Toyama Prefecture, Japan, at the entrance of the Kurobe Gorge. History and description Unazuki Onsen was opened in the 1923 Taisho period. Over the years, many poets and writers have vi ...

, a nearby hot spring resort, and the base to ride The Kurobe Gorge Railway. Kurobe-Unazukionsen station opened for service on the Hokuriku Shinkansen on 14 March 2015.

Surrounding area

* Shin-Kurobe Station on the Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line *

Hokuriku Expressway The , (abbreviated as , is a 4-laned national expressway in Japan. It is owned and managed by East Nippon Expressway Company and Central Nippon Expressway Company. Overview The first section was opened in 1972 by Japan Highway Public Corpo ...

Kurobe Interchange File:Kurobe-Unazukionsen station rotary.JPG, The station forecourt in March 2015 File:Toyama Chihou Railway Shin-Kurobe Station.jpg, The adjoining Shin-Kurobe Station on the Toyama Chiho Railway in March 2015

References

External links

JR West station information

Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station
(City of Kurobe) {{Hokuriku Shinkansen Railway stations in Toyama Prefecture Hokuriku Shinkansen Stations of West Japan Railway Company Railway stations in Japan opened in 2015 Kurobe, Toyama