Awazu Station (Ishikawa)

Awazu Station (粟津駅, Awazu-eki) is a railway station in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by IR Ishikawa Railway.

Awazu Station 粟津駅
Awazu Station in March 2020
General information
Location	2-1-8 Matsu-machi, Komatsu-shi, Ishikawa-ken 923-0302 Japan
Coordinates	36°21′20″N 136°25′29″E
Operated by	IR Ishikawa Railway
Line(s)	■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line
Distance	12.2 km from Daishoji
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Ground level
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Website	Official website
History
Opened	16 November 1907
Passengers
FY2015	1300 daily
Location Awazu Station Location within Japan

Lines

Awazu Station is only served by the IR Ishikawa Railway Line.

Station layout

The station consists of two ground-level island platforms connected by an underground passage. The station is unmanned, but there is an automatic ticket vending machine.

Platforms

1	■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line	for Fukui, and Tsuruga
2	■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line	for Komatsu and Kanazawa

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
IR Ishikawa Railway Line
Iburihashi		Local		Komatsu

History

Awazu Station opened on 16 November 1907. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.

The station became an unstaffed station on 12 March 2022.^[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,300 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[2]

Surrounding area

• Komatsu College
• Awazu onsen

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. "JRダイヤ改正で無人化 「話せる券売機」始動 和倉温泉駅（石川県）" [Wakura Onsen Station to Become an Unmanned Station, Talking Vending Machines Installed]. Hokkoku Shimbun Online (in Japanese). 12 March 2022. Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
2. 駅 別 運 輸 実 績 [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2015)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Ishikawa Prefectural Government. 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2018.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)