Toyama Station

Location
	Toyama Station Location within Toyama Prefecture Toyama Station Toyama Station (Japan)

Toyama Station

富山駅
Toyama Station; 富山駅
	The south side of Toyama Station in December 2016
General information
Location	1-227 Meirinchō, Toyama-shi; Toyama Prefecture; Japan
Operated by	JR West; Ainokaze Toyama Railway; Toyama Chihō Railway;
Line(s)	Hokuriku Shinkansen; ■ Takayama Main Line; Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line; Toyama Chiho Railway Fujikoshi Line, Toyama Chiho Railway Main Line, Tateyama Line (3 lines at Dentetsu-Toyama); Toyama City Tram Line (Toyama-Ekimae); Toyama Light Rail Toyamako Line (Toyamaeki-Kita);
History
Opened	20 March 1899; 125 years ago
Services
Location
Location
	Toyama Station Location within Toyama Prefecture Toyama Station Toyama Station (Japan)

Toyama Station (富山駅, Toyama-eki) is a major railway station in Toyama, Toyama Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and Ainokaze Toyama Railway. It is the largest and busiest railway terminal in Toyama.

Dentetsu Toyama Station (電鉄富山駅, Dentetsu-Toyama-eki), the local railway terminal that provides access to nearby towns (Funahashi, Kamiichi, Tateyama, etc.) as well as access to Tateyama Station (the starting point of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route) via Toyama Chihō Railway is next to Toyama Station.

Lines

Toyama Station is served by the following lines.

JR West
- Hokuriku Shinkansen
- Takayama Main Line
Ainokaze Toyama Railway
- Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
Toyama Chihō Railway
- Toyama City Tram Line (Toyama-Ekimae Station)
- Toyama-Kō Line (Toyamaeki-Kita Station)

Dentetsu Toyama Station, next to the main JR Toyama Station, is served by the following lines.

Toyama Chihō Railway
- Main Line (Dentetsu-Toyama Station; next to JR Toyama Station)

Dentetsu Toyama station is the starting point of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route to Murodō Station, Mount Tate, and Kurobe Dam. It is located directly next to the main Toyama Station, and has the local Toyama Chihō Railway Tateyama Line that goes through the towns of Funahashi, Kamiichi, and Tateyama, and ultimately reaches as far as Tateyama Station, the last stop.

Station layout

The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

Platforms

The departure melody used for the shinkansen platforms was composed by producer Akira Sudo [ja], who was born in Toyama Prefecture.^[1] The Hokuriku Shinkansen has 2 platforms serving 4 tracks, the Takayama Main Line/Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line has 2 platforms serving 5 tracks, the Toyama Chiho Railway Main Line at Dentetsu Toyama Station has 3 platforms serving 4 tracks, and the Toyama Light Rail at Toyamaeki has 3 platforms serving 2 tracks

Shinkansen Platforms
Platform No	Line Name	Direction	Notes
11・12	Hokuriku Shinkansen	for Nagano・Tokyo
13・14	Hokuriku Shinkansen	for Kanazawa and Tsuruga	Track 11 is used for the first train in this direction

Conventional Line Platforms
Platform No	Line Name	Direction	Notes
1	■Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line	for Takaoka・Kanazawa
2	■JR Takayama Main Line	for Etchū Yatsuo・Takayama
3	■JR Takayama Main Line	for Etchū Yatsuo・Takayama	Used by Limited Express Hida services to Nagoya
3	■Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line	for Takaoka・Kanazawa
4・5	■Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line	for Uozu・Tomari・Itoigawa

Toyama Chiho Railway - Dentetsu Toyama Station
Platform No	Line Name	Direction	Notes
1 - 4	■Main Line	for Kamiichi Station・Naka-Namerikawa・Dentetsu-Uozu・Dentetsu-Kurobe・Unazuki Onsen	Used by the Limited Express Unazuki on the Main Line
	■Tateyama Line	for Iwakuraji・Chigaki・Tateyama
	■Fujikoshi・Kamidaki Line	for Minami-Toyama・Kamidaki・Daisenji

Toyama Chiho Railway - Toyama City Tram Line - Toyamaeki
Platform No	Line Name	Direction
1	Toyama City Tram Line	■ for Minami-Toyama Station
2		Used for Alighting only
3		■ Loop Line
4		■ for Toyama Daigakumae
5	■ Toyama Light Rail Toyamako Line	■ for Iwasehama
6・7		Used for Alighting only
8		■ for Iwasehama

Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Takayama Main Line
Nishi-Toyama	Local		Terminus
Hayahoshi or Etchu-Yatsuo	Limited Express Hida		Terminus
Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line
Kureha	Local		Shin-Toyamaguchi
Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line
Terminus	Local		Inarimachi
Terminus	Express		Inarimachi
Terminus	Rapid Express		Inarimachi
Terminus	Limited Express Unazuki		Terada
Toyama-Shinai Kidō Line
Shintomichō Station (Toyama)		Chitetsubirumae
Toyamakō Line
Through to Centram lines	-	Intekkuhonshamae

History

Toyama Station opened on 20 March 1899.^[2] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.^[2]

From 14 March 2015, the station was served by the high-speed Hokuriku Shinkansen following the opening of the extension from Nagano to Kanazawa, providing direct services between Tokyo and Kanazawa.^[3]^[4]

Surrounding area

Kitaguchi entrance (north side)

Canal Park

Minamiguchi entrance (south side)

Toyama Castle
Museum of Modern Art, Toyama
Toyama International Conference Center
Koshino Bungakukan/Toyama Museum of Literature and Manga

References

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 139. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
^ 北陸新幹線、来年３月１４日開業東京―金沢２時間半 [Hokuriku Shinkansen to open 14 March next year: Tokyo - Kanazawa in two and a half hours]. Tokyo Shimbun Web (in Japanese). Japan: Chunichi Shimbun. 27 August 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-08-27. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
^ "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.