is a railway station on the

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Asahi, Toyama is a town located in Shimoniikawa District, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 11,574 and a population density of 51.1 persons per km. Its total area was . The town claims to be the birthplace of beach volleyball. ...

, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator

Ainokaze Toyama Railway The is a Japanese third-sector railway operating company established in 2012 to operate passenger railway services on the section of the JR West Hokuriku Main Line within Toyama Prefecture when it was separated from the JR West network in Marc ...

Lines

Tomari Station is served by the

and is 95.4 kilometres from the starting point of the line at . Many through services from the neighbouring

Echigo Tokimeki Railway Nihonkai Hisui Line The , officially abbreviated as ETR, is a Japanese third-sector railway operator. It was established in 2010 to operate passenger railway services on the sections of the JR East Shinetsu Main Line and JR West Hokuriku Main Line within Niigata Pr ...

terminate at Tomari, with both Echigo Tokimeki Railway trains and Ainokaze Toyama Railway trains using Platform 2 to provide a same-platform transfer.

Station layout

Tomari Station has one

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and one

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connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

Platforms

File:泊駅 8.jpg, The entrance to the platforms in December 2015 File:Tomariplatform.jpg, The station platforms in February 2010 File:ET122kei and 521kei tomari station.JPG, An Ainokaze Toyama Railway 521 series EMU and an Echigo Tokimeki Railway ET122 diesel unit at Tomari Station in June 2015 File:Tomari station guide board.JPG, A passenger information sign on platform 2 indicating the locations for boarding Ainokaze Toyama Railway and Echigo Tokimeki Railway trains

History

The station opened on 16 April 1910. With the

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Japanese National Railways The , abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...

(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 The Hokuriku Shinkansen () is a high-speed Shinkansen railway line connecting Tokyo with Tsuruga, Fukui, Tsuruga in the Hokuriku region of Japan. It is jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and West Japan Railway Company (JR ...

extension from to , 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, Tomari Station was transferred to the ownership of the

Adjacent stations

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 711 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* National Route 8 * Asahi Town Hall *Tomari Post Office

References

External links

* {{Ainokaze Toyama Railway Railway stations in Toyama Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1910 Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line Asahi, Toyama