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Takaoka Station (Manyosen)
The is a city tram station on the Takaoka Kidō Line located in Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. This tram stop was created in order to service the shopping area between Katahara-machi and Otaya Avenue, and to service JR West's Takaoka Station. It was called before the platform was relocated from the street to the first (i.e. ground) floor of the railway station building on March 29, 2014. Name Unlike other station names of the Manyōsen, the word "Station," which refers to the JR station, is a part of the name of the tram stop. Structure There are two platforms served by two tracks. History *April 10, 1948: Toyama Chihō Railway opens Chitetsu-Takaoka Station *April 1, 1959: Station renamed Shin-Takaoka Station when the line is transferred to Kaetsunō Railway *1979: Station renamed Takaoka-Eki-mae Station *April 1, 2002: Station becomes a part of Manyosen is an electric railway company. The headquarters and service areas are located in Takaoka, Toyama, Japan. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takaoka Station Of Manyosen
Takaoka (written: 高岡 lit. "tall mount", "high hill", "knoll expensive", or 鷹岡 lit. "hawk ridge", "hawk hill") may refer to: Places * Takaoka, Toyama, a city in Toyama Prefecture, Japan * Takaoka, Miyazaki (高岡町, Takaoka-chō), a former town in Higashimorokata District, Miyazaki, Japan * Takaoka Dam, a dam in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan * Takaoka District, Kōchi, a district in Kōchi, Japan * Takaoka Domain (高岡藩, Takaoka han), a Japanese domain of the Edo period, in modern-day Chiba Prefecture, Japan * Takaoka Freight Terminal, a railway freight terminal in Takaoka, Toyama, Japan * Takaoka Station (other) * Takaoka University of Law, Takaoka, Toyama, Japan People * Takaoka clan (高岡氏, Takaoka-shi), a historical Japanese clan *, Japanese singer-songwriter *, Japanese geisha *, founder of Takaoka clan in Izumo Province, Japan *, Japanese actor *, Japanese long-distance runner *, Japanese actress * Michio Takaoka, the Japanese discoverer of resver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manyōsen Takaoka Kidō Line
is an electric railway company. The headquarters and service areas are located in Takaoka, Toyama, Japan. It operates two city tram lines: the Shinminatokō Line and the Takaoka Kidō Line. The tram lines originally operated by Kaetsunō Railway is a bus company operating in the central and western parts of Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Contrary to its name, the company no longer operates railway lines. Its last Manyō Line was handed over to Manyōsen in 2002. Outline As it discontinued a ... were transferred to the newly established Manyosen in 2002. On July 8, 2020, it received its one millionth passenger. External links * Companies based in Toyama Prefecture Railway companies of Japan {{Japan-rail-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takaoka, Toyama
is a city in the northwestern portion of Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Takaoka has the second largest population after Toyama City. The area that is east of Kureha hill (呉羽丘陵 Kureha-kyuryo) has been called Goto (呉東), which means the east of Kureha and the area that is west of Kureha hill has been called Gosei (呉西), which means the west of Kureha. Toyama city is a center city of "Goto," meanwhile Takaoka city is a center of this "Gosei." , the city had an estimated population of 173,086 in 68,350 households and a population density of 819 persons per km2. Its total area was . Geography Takaoka covers an area which equates to roughly 5% of the surface area of Toyama Prefecture. The surface area of the city comprises 36.96 km2 of real estate, 61.02 km2 of agricultural land, 22.69 km2 of mountains and forests, 80.43 km2 of public property (parks etc.), 6.10 km2 of wasteland, and 2.18 km2 of moorland. The Takaoka region extends 19.2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toyama Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Toyama Prefecture has a population of 1,044,588 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,247.61 km2 (1,640.01 sq mi). Toyama Prefecture borders Ishikawa Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefecture to the south, Nagano Prefecture to the east, and Niigata Prefecture to the northeast. Toyama is the capital and largest city of Toyama Prefecture, with other major cities including Takaoka, Imizu, and Nanto. Toyama Prefecture is part of the historic Hokuriku region, and the majority of prefecture's population lives on Toyama Bay, one of the largest bays in Japan. Toyama Prefecture is the leading industrial prefecture on the Japan Sea coast and has the advantage of cheap electricity from abundant hydroelectric resources. Toyama Prefecture contains the only known glaciers in East Asia outside of Russia, first recognized in 2012, and 30% of the prefecture's area is designated as national parks. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans an archipelago of 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Tokyo is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the most densely populated and urbanized. About three-fourths of the country's terrain is mountainous, concentrating its population of 123.2 million on narrow coastal plains. Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional regions. The Greater Tokyo Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Japan Railway
, also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and is also one of only three Japan Railways Group constituents of the Nikkei 225 index: the others are JR East and JR Central. It was also listed in the Nagoya and Fukuoka stock exchanges until late 2020. Lines Shinkansen * Hokuriku Shinkansen ( - ) * San'yō Shinkansen * Hakata Minami Line :: Officially not a Shinkansen JR-West's highest-grossing line is the Sanyo Shinkansen high-speed rail line between Osaka and Fukuoka. The Sanyo Shinkansen alone accounts for about 40% of JR-West's passenger revenues. The company also operates Hakata Minami Line, a short commuter line with Shinkansen trains in Fukuoka. Urban Network The "Urban Network" is JR-West's name for its commuter rail lines in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area. These lines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takaoka Station (Toyama)
is a major interchange railway station on the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line in Takaoka, Toyama, Japan, operated by Ainokaze Toyama Railway. Lines Takaoka Station is situated on the Ainokaze Toyama Railway, and is also the starting point of the Himi Line to in Himi, Toyama and the Jōhana Line to in Nanto, Toyama. Limited express services There is no limited express services at the station as the city of Takaoka is served by the Hokuriku Shinkansen at Shin-Takaoka Station. Prior to the opening of the Shinkansen in 2015, the station was served by the following limited express services. * '' Thunderbird'' * ''Hakutaka'' * ''Hokuetsu'' Station layout The station has three island platforms and one side platform 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 a total ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takaoka Eki Mae Station 1-1
Takaoka (written: 高岡 lit. "tall mount", "high hill", "knoll expensive", or 鷹岡 lit. "hawk ridge", "hawk hill") may refer to: Places * Takaoka, Toyama, a city in Toyama Prefecture, Japan * Takaoka, Miyazaki (高岡町, Takaoka-chō), a former town in Higashimorokata District, Miyazaki, Japan * Takaoka Dam, a dam in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan * Takaoka District, Kōchi, a district in Kōchi, Japan * Takaoka Domain (高岡藩, Takaoka han), a Japanese domain of the Edo period, in modern-day Chiba Prefecture, Japan * Takaoka Freight Terminal, a railway freight terminal in Takaoka, Toyama, Japan * Takaoka Station (other) * Takaoka University of Law, Takaoka, Toyama, Japan People * Takaoka clan (高岡氏, Takaoka-shi), a historical Japanese clan *, Japanese singer-songwriter *, Japanese geisha *, founder of Takaoka clan in Izumo Province, Japan *, Japanese actor *, Japanese long-distance runner *, Japanese actress * Michio Takaoka, the Japanese discoverer of resve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toyama Chihō Railway
The is a transportation company in Toyama, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. The company is commonly known as . This private company operates railway, tram, and bus services in the eastern part of the prefecture. It also operates as the agency of All Nippon Airways in Toyama area. The company has its root in founded in 1930. The current company was founded in 1943, when all the private and public operators of railway, tram, and bus lines in the prefecture were merged into one. In 1950, it founded Kaetsunō Railway, planning to build the railway line that links Toyama and Ishikawa. Chitetsu handed over its networks in the western part of Toyama Prefecture, although the plan never came to fruition. Lines Railway lines : Toyama Chiho Railway Main Line ( 本線): Dentetsu-Toyama — Unazuki-Onsen : Toyama Chiho Railway Tateyama Line ( 立山線): Terada — Tateyama : Fujikoshi-Kamidaki Line: These two lines are treated as a single line. :: Fujikoshi Line ( 不二越線): Ina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaetsunō Railway
is a bus company operating in the central and western parts of Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Contrary to its name, the company no longer operates railway lines. Its last Manyō Line was handed over to Manyōsen in 2002. Outline As it discontinued all railway lines in 2002 due to serious deficit, the company changed its corporation name from Kaetsunō Railway (''加越能鉄道'') to Kaetsunō Bus (''加越能バス''). Business in the past Railway Routes *Man'yōsen Shinminatokō Line (Transferred to Manyosen in 2002) *Man'yōsen Takaoka Kidō Line (Transferred to Manyosen in 2002) *Kaetsu Line (discontinued in 1972) *Fushiki Line (discontinued in 1971) Manyō Line The Takaoka Kidō Line and the Shiminatoko Line were operated by Kaetsuno Railway and was called the Manyō Line. As the number of passengers decreased, the railway company discontinued these lines and replaced them by route buses. In 2001, due to local opposition, Kaetsuno Railway, Toyama Chiho Railway, Toya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manyosen
is an electric railway company. The headquarters and service areas are located in Takaoka, Toyama, Japan. It operates two city tram lines: the Shinminatokō Line and the Takaoka Kidō Line. The tram lines originally operated by Kaetsunō Railway were transferred to the newly established Manyosen in 2002. On July 8, 2020, it received its one millionth passenger. External links * Companies based in Toyama Prefecture Railway companies of Japan {{Japan-rail-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jōhana Line
The is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It connects Takaoka with Johana. Route data *Operating Company: West Japan Railway Company (Services and tracks) *Distance: *Track gauge: *Stations: 14 *Double-track: None *Electrification: Not electrified *Railway signalling: Special automatic occlusive (track circuit detection type) Stations History The line was opened in 1897 by the as the between (on the present-day Himi Line) and via . The line was nationalised on 1 September 1920. The Chūetsu Line was renamed the Jōhana Line from 1 August 1942 following the incorporation of the Fushiki to Takaoka section into the Himi Line. CTC signalling was commissioned over the entire line in 1983. From 1 April 1987, with the privatization of JNR, the Jōhana Line came under the control of West Japan Railway Company (JR West). On 14 March 2015, Shin-Takaoka station opened on the line to coincide with the extension of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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