Nishi-Takaoka Station


Nishi-Takaoka Station is a railway station on the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line in the city of Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Lines

Nishi-Takaoka Station is served by the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line and is 17.5 kilometres from the starting point of the line at

Station layout

Nishi-Takaoka Station has two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is attended.

Platforms

History

Nishi-Takaoka Station opened on 25 April 1957 as a station on the Japanese National Railways. It was privatized on 1 April 1984, becoming a station on JR West.
From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen 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, Nishi-Takaoka Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Adjacent stations

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 597 passengers daily.

Surrounding area