Kurikara Station

{{short description|Railway station in Tsubata, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Kurikara Station

| native_name = 倶利伽羅駅

| native_name_lang = ja

| type =

| image = Kurikara-station-building.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Kurikara Station in September 2018

| other_name =

| address = 150 Kariyasu, Tsubata-machi, Kahoku-gun, Ishikawa-ken 929-0416

| country = Japan

| coordinates = {{Coord|36.6726|N|136.7914|E|type:railwaystation_region:JP|display=inline,title}}

| operator = {{Plainlist|

}}

| line = {{Plainlist|

{{Colorbull|DeepSkyBlue}} IR Ishikawa Railway Line
{{Colorbull|Green}} Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line

}}

| platforms = 1 island platform

| tracks = 2

| distance = 17.8 km from {{STN|Kanazawa|x}}

| structure =

| code =

| status = Staffed

| website = {{official|1=http://www.ishikawa-railway.jp/route/station/kurikara.html }}

| opened = 15 June 1909

| closed =

| former =

| passengers = 225

| pass_year = FY2015

| services =

| map_type = Japan

}}

{{Nihongo|Kurikara Station|倶利伽羅駅|Kurikara-eki|}} is a railway station in the town of Tsubata, Kahoku District, Ishikawa, Japan, jointly operated by the third-sector railway operator IR Ishikawa Railway and the Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Lines

Kurikara Station is the eastern terminal of the IR Ishikawa Railway Line from {{STN|Daishōji|x}}, and is also the western terminal station for the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line to {{STN|Ichiburi|x}}. The station is 194.4 kilometers from {{STN|Maibara|x}}.

Layout

File:Kurikara-station-platform.jpg

The station has an island platform serving two tracks. The platform is connected to the station building on the south side by a footbridge. The station is unattended.

=Platforms=

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{{ja-rail-line|pfn=2|first=3|name=Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line|linecol=Green|dir=for {{STN|Takaoka|x|Toyama}} and {{STN|Toyama|x}}}}

Adjacent stations

{{J-rserv|service=Local|col=Gray|previous={{STN|Tsubata|x}}|next={{STN|Isurugi|x}}}}

History

Kurikara Station opened on 15 June 1909.{{cite book |title = 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編|trans-title=Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR| publisher = JTB | editor1-last = Ishino| editor1-first = Tetsu| year = 1998 | location = Japan | volume = II| page = 138| isbn = 4-533-02980-9}} With the privatization of 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 extension from {{STN|Nagano|x}} to {{STN|Kanazawa|x}}, 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.{{cite web |url= http://www.mlit.go.jp/report/press/tetsudo03_hh_000054.html|script-title=ja: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 |trans-title=Details of railway business approval for Shinano Railway, Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company, Ainokaze Toyama Railway, and IR Ishikawa Railway|date= 26 February 2014|work= News release |publisher= Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism|location= Japan|language= ja|access-date= 22 March 2014}} From this date, Kurikara Station became a boundary station between the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line of Toyama Prefecture to the west and the IR Ishikawa Railway Line of Ishikawa Prefecture to the east.