is a major railway station and multi-modal transport hub in Toyama, Toyama Prefecture, Japan.

Toyama Station, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and Ainokaze Toyama Railway, provides Shinkansen, Limited Express and local rail services.

, on the eastern side of Toyama Station and operated by Toyama Chihō Railway, provides local and regional rail services.

Tram & light rail services, operated by Toyama Chihō Railway, depart from the western side of the Toyama Station building underneath its elevated railway tracks.

Local and long distance bus services operate from both the north and south sides of Toyama Station, with a bus information and ticket office located outside the south exit of Toyama Station. Taxis are also available from the north and south sides of the station.

Lines Toyama Station is served by the following lines: JR West Hokuriku Shinkansen ( to ) Takayama Main Line (to & , including Hida Limited Express operated by JR Central) Ainokaze Toyama Railway Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line ( to ) Toyama Chihō Railway Toyama City Tram Line (to Minami-Toyama, Toyama-daigaku-mae (University of Toyama & City Loop Line) Toyama-Kō Line ("Portram'" light rail line to Iwasehama)

Dentetsu-Toyama Station, on the eastern side of Toyama Station, is served by the following lines: Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line (to ) Tateyama Line (to ) Fujikoshi-Kamitaki Line (the Fujikoshi Line and Kamidaki Line operate as a combined service: Dentetsu-Toyama — — ).

Dentetsu-Toyama station is the starting point of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route to Mount Tate (Tateyama), and Kurobe Dam.

Station layout JR West operates a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

There are two platform entrances/ticket gates at Toyama Station:

Shinkansen entrance Ainokaze Toyama Railway entrance. This entrance is also used to access JR Takayama Main Line & Hida Limited Express services (there are no automatic ticket gates, tickets need to be shown to the ticket gate attendant).

There is also a transfer gate between the Shinkansen and local lines, located on the mezzanine level of the Shinkansen entrance/exit.

Platforms The departure melody used for the shinkansen platforms was composed by producer , who was born in Toyama Prefecture. 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. The Toyama City Tram Line & Toyamakō Line tram & light rail services at Toyama Station have 2 tracks with 8 platforms (each track has a platform on each side and a north and south platform separated by a pedestrian crossing).

+ Shinkansen Platforms Platform No Line NameDirectionNotes11・12 Hokuriku Shinkansenfor Nagano・Tokyo13・14for Kanazawa and Tsuruga

+ Conventional Line Platforms Platform No Line NameDirectionNotes1Ainokaze Toyama Railway Linefor Takaoka・Kanazawa2JR Takayama Main Linefor Etchū Yatsuo・Takayama3Used by Limited Express Hida services to NagoyaAinokaze Toyama Railway Linefor Takaoka・Kanazawa4・5for Uozu・Tomari・Itoigawa

+ Toyama Chiho Railway - Dentetsu-Toyama Station Platform No Line NameDirectionNotes1 - 4Main Linefor Kamiichi Station・Naka-Namerikawa・Dentetsu-Uozu・Dentetsu-Kurobe・Unazuki Onsen Used by the Limited Express Unazuki on the Main LineTateyama Linefor Iwakuraji・Chigaki・TateyamaFujikoshi・Kamidaki Linefor Minami-Toyama・Kamidaki・Daisenji

+ Toyama Chiho Railway - Toyama City Tram Line - Toyamaeki Platform No Line NameDirection1Toyama City Tram Line for Minami-Toyama Station2Used for Alighting only3 Loop Line4 for Toyama Daigakumae5 Toyama Light Rail Toyamako Line for Iwasehama6・7Used for Alighting only8 for Iwasehama

Adjacent stations

History

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

From 14 March 2015, the station was served by the high-speed Hokuriku Shinkansen following the opening of the extension from to , providing direct services between Tokyo and Kanazawa. On the same day, services on the JR West Hokuriku Main Line within Toyama Prefecture were transferred to the new third-sector railway operator Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

From March 21, 2020, with the completion of the north-south tram link across Toyama Railway Station, Toyama City Tram services operate a through service to the Toyamakō Line light rail line.

On 16 March 2024, the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Kanazawa to and was opened.

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

See also List of railway stations in Japan Tateyama Station (Toyama)

References

External links

Toyama Station (JR West official page) West Japan Railway Company (official page) West Japan Railway Company (official page) Ainokaze Toyama Railway official website Toyama Chiho Railway official website Toyama Chiho Railway official website