Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station

Location
	Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station Location within Toyama Prefecture Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station (Central Japan) Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station (Japan)

Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station

?部宇奈月?泉?
Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station ; ?部宇奈月?泉?
	The east side of Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station in January 2017
Japanese name
Shinjitai	?部宇奈月?泉?
Ky?jitai	黑部宇奈月溫泉驛
Hiragana	くろべうなづきおんせんえき
General information
Location	3210-3 Wakaguri, Kurobe City , Toyama Prefecture ; Japan
Coordinates	36°52′29″N 137°28′56″E / 36.87472°N 137.48222°E
Operated by	JR West
Line(s)	Hokuriku Shinkansen
Distance	253.1 km (157.3 mi) from Takasaki
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Shin-Kurobe Station
Other information
Status	Staffed (Installation of Midori no Ticket Vending Machine Plus)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	14 March 2015 ; 9 years ago
Services
Location
Location
	Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station Location within Toyama Prefecture Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station (Central Japan) Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station (Japan)

Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station ( ?部宇奈月?泉? , Kurobe-Unazuki-onsen-eki ) is a railway station on the high-speed Hokuriku Shinkansen line in Kurobe, Toyama , Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Shin-Kurobe Station on the Toyama Chih? Railway Main Line is connected to the station by a walkway.

Lines [ edit ]

Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station is served by the high-speed Hokuriku Shinkansen line from Tokyo to Kanazawa , and is located 253.1 km (157.3 mi) from the official starting point of the line at Takasaki . ^[1] Only semi-fast Hakutaka Tokyo-to-Kanazawa services stop at Kurobe-Unazukionsen, ^[1] with a roughly hourly service in each direction.

Station layout [ edit ]

The station consists of elevated platforms for the Hokuriku Shinkansen, with exits located on the east, west, and south sides of the station building.

Platforms [ edit ]

The elevated shinkansen platforms consist of two 312 m long side platforms serving two tracks. The platforms are fitted with chest-high platform edge doors . ^[1]

1	■ Hokuriku Shinkansen	for Nagano and Tokyo
2	■ Hokuriku Shinkansen	for Toyama , Kanazawa and Tsuruga

The departure melody used for the shinkansen platforms is "Kirameki: Mizu no Miyako kara" ( 煌～水の都から～ ) , composed by singer-songwriter Kei Takahara [ ja ] , who was born in Toyama Prefecture. ^[2]

Facilities [ edit ]

The station has a Midori no ticket vending machine plus". Toilets are located on the ground floor, and waiting rooms and smoking rooms are provided on both of the platforms.

History [ edit ]

Initially given the tentative name of Shin-Kurobe Station ( 新?部? , lit. "New Kurobe Station") , the station name of Kurobe-Unazukionsen was formally made public on 7 June 2013. ^[3] The name combines the name of the city of Kurobe with Unazuki Onsen , a nearby hot spring resort, and the base to ride The Kurobe Gorge Railway . ^[4]

Kurobe-Unazukionsen station opened for service on the Hokuriku Shinkansen on 14 March 2015. ^[5]

Surrounding area [ edit ]

Shin-Kurobe Station on the Toyama Chih? Railway Main Line
Hokuriku Expressway Kurobe Interchange

The station forecourt in March 2015
The adjoining Shin-Kurobe Station on the Toyama Chiho Railway in March 2015

References [ edit ]

^ ^a ^b ^c 北陸新幹線延伸開業?間新?ガイド [Guide to new stations on the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension]. Tetsud? Daiya J?h? Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 44, no. 371. Japan: K?ts? Shimbun. March 2015. p. 18.
^ 北陸新幹線 ?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 .
^ 北陸新幹線新?の?名などについて [Details of new Hokuriku Shinkansen station names] (in Japanese). Japan: West Japan Railway Company. 7 June 2013 . Retrieved 30 June 2013 .
^ 「?部宇奈月?泉」北陸新幹線?名に ?泉街から?迎の? [Onsen town welcomes Hokuriku Shinkansen station name of Kurobe-Unazukionsen]. Nihon Keizai Shimbun (in Japanese). Japan: Nikkei Inc. 8 June 2013 . Retrieved 30 June 2013 .
^ "デ?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 .

External links [ edit ]

JR West station information (in Japanese)
Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station Archived 2013-10-13 at the Wayback Machine (City of Kurobe) (in Japanese)

[dj371_15-1] 北陸新幹線延伸開業?間新?ガイド [Guide to new stations on the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension]. Tetsud? Daiya J?h? Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 44, no. 371. Japan: K?ts? Shimbun. March 2015. p. 18.

[jrwest20141209-2] 北陸新幹線 ?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 .

[JR_West_20130607-3] 北陸新幹線新?の?名などについて [Details of new Hokuriku Shinkansen station names] (in Japanese). Japan: West Japan Railway Company. 7 June 2013 . Retrieved 30 June 2013 .

[nikkei20130608-4] 「?部宇奈月?泉」北陸新幹線?名に ?泉街から?迎の? [Onsen town welcomes Hokuriku Shinkansen station name of Kurobe-Unazukionsen]. Nihon Keizai Shimbun (in Japanese). Japan: Nikkei Inc. 8 June 2013 . Retrieved 30 June 2013 .

[5] "デ?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 .

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