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Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station

Coordinates: 36°52′29″N 137°28′56″E / 36.87472°N 137.48222°E / 36.87472; 137.48222
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Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station

黒部宇奈月温泉駅
The east side of Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station in January 2017
Japanese name
Shinjitai黒部宇奈月温泉駅
Kyūjitai黑部宇奈月溫泉驛
Hiraganaくろべうなづきおんせんえき
General information
Location3210-3 Wakaguri, Kurobe City, Toyama Prefecture
Japan
Coordinates36°52′29″N 137°28′56″E / 36.87472°N 137.48222°E / 36.87472; 137.48222
Operated byLogo of the West Railway Company (JR West) JR West
Line(s) Hokuriku Shinkansen
Distance253.1 km (157.3 mi) from Takasaki
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsShin-Kurobe Station
Other information
StatusStaffed (Installation of Midori no Ticket Vending Machine Plus)
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened14 March 2015; 9 years ago (2015-03-14)
Services
Preceding station Logo of the West Railway Company (JR West) JR West Following station
Toyama
towards Tsuruga
Hokuriku Shinkansen
Itoigawa
Location
Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station is located in Toyama Prefecture
Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station
Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station
Location within Toyama Prefecture
Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station is located in Central Japan
Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station
Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station
Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station (Central Japan)
Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station is located in Japan
Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station
Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station
Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station (Japan)

Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station (黒部宇奈月温泉駅, Kurobe-Unazuki-onsen-eki) is a railway station on the high-speed Hokuriku Shinkansen line in Kurobe, Toyama, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Shin-Kurobe Station on the Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line is connected to the station by a walkway.

Lines

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Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station is served by the high-speed Hokuriku Shinkansen line from Tokyo to Kanazawa, and is located 253.1 km (157.3 mi) from the official starting point of the line at Takasaki.[1] Only semi-fast Hakutaka Tokyo-to-Kanazawa services stop at Kurobe-Unazukionsen,[1] with a roughly hourly service in each direction.

Station layout

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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

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The elevated shinkansen platforms consist of two 312 m long side platforms serving two tracks. The platforms are fitted with chest-high platform edge doors.[1]

1  Hokuriku Shinkansen for Nagano and Tokyo
2  Hokuriku Shinkansen for Toyama, Kanazawa and Tsuruga

The departure melody used for the shinkansen platforms is "Kirameki: Mizu no Miyako kara" (煌~水の都から~), composed by singer-songwriter Kei Takahara [ja], who was born in Toyama Prefecture.[2]

Facilities

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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

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The station under construction in September 2014

Initially given the tentative name of Shin-Kurobe Station (新黒部駅, lit. "New Kurobe Station"), the station name of Kurobe-Unazukionsen was formally made public on 7 June 2013.[3] The name combines the name of the city of Kurobe with Unazuki Onsen, a nearby hot spring resort, and the base to ride The Kurobe Gorge Railway.[4]

Kurobe-Unazukionsen station opened for service on the Hokuriku Shinkansen on 14 March 2015.[5]

Surrounding area

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c 北陸新幹線延伸開業区間新駅ガイド [Guide to new stations on the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension]. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 44, no. 371. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. March 2015. p. 18.
  2. ^ 北陸新幹線 発車メロディの決定について [Departure melodies chosen for Hokuriku Shinkansen]. News release (in Japanese). Japan: West Japan Railway Company. 9 December 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-12-10. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  3. ^ 北陸新幹線 新駅の駅名などについて [Details of new Hokuriku Shinkansen station names] (in Japanese). Japan: West Japan Railway Company. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  4. ^ 「黒部宇奈月温泉」北陸新幹線駅名に 温泉街から歓迎の声 [Onsen town welcomes Hokuriku Shinkansen station name of Kurobe-Unazukionsen]. Nihon Keizai Shimbun (in Japanese). Japan: Nikkei Inc. 8 June 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  5. ^ "データで見るJR西日本 2022" [JR West Japan 2022 in Data] (PDF). westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 2022. pp. 88–90. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
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