Fukuoka Station

Not to be confused with Hakata Station.

For the station in Fukuoka Prefecture, see Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) Station.

Fukuoka Station (福岡駅, Fukuoka-eki) is a railway station on the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line in Takaoka, Toyama, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Name

This station is named after Fukuoka, Toyama, not the Fukuoka City in Kyushu. The central JR station in Fukuoka City is instead Hakata Station.

Lines

Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
Isurugi		Local	Nishi-Takaoka

History

From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano to Kanazawa, 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.^[1] From this date, From this date, Fukuoka Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

References

↑ しなの鉄道（株）、えちごトキめき鉄道（株）、あいの風とやま鉄道（株）及びＩＲいしかわ鉄道（株）申請の第一種鉄道事業許可について [Details of railway business approval for Shinano Railway, Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company, Ainokaze Toyama Railway, and IR Ishikawa Railway]. News release (in Japanese). Japan: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.

Stations of the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line

Kurikara Isurugi Fukuoka Nishi-Takaoka Takaoka Etchū-Daimon Kosugi Kureha Toyama Higashi-Toyama Mizuhashi Namerikawa Higashi-Namerikawa Uozu Kurobe Ikuji Nishi-Nyūzen Nyūzen Tomari Etchū-Miyazaki Ichiburi

Coordinates: 36°42′30″N 136°55′56″E / 36.7083°N 136.9322°E / 36.7083; 136.9322

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