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Nishi-Kanazawa Station 西金沢駅 | |||||||||||
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Location | 1-1 Nishi-Kanazawa,
Kanazawa City,
Ishikawa Prefecture 921-8054 Japan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°33′12″N 136°37′18″E / 36.5532064°N 136.6216367°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | JR West | ||||||||||
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Distance | 172.9 km (107.4 mi) from Maibara | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Unmanned station (automatic ticket vending machine installed) | ||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1 August 1912 | ||||||||||
Previous names | Nonoichi (to 1925) | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY2015 | 2,628 | ||||||||||
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Nishi-Kanazawa Station (西金沢駅, Nishi-Kanazawa-eki) is a railway station in the city of Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.
Nishi-Kanazawa Station is served by the Hokuriku Main Line, and is 172.9 kilometers from the start of the line at Maibara.
The station consists of one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unmanned. [1] [2]
1 | ■ Hokuriku Main Line | for Komatsu and Fukui |
2 | ■ Hokuriku Main Line | for Kanazawa |
Nishi-Kanazawa Station opened on 1 August 1912 as Nonoichi Station (野々市駅). It was renamed to its present name on 1 October 1925. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 2,628 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). [3]