Tsuruga Station
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| Location | 1-1-24 Kanawa-cho, Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture 914-0026 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°38′41″N 136°4′36″E / 35.64472°N 136.07667°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 7 island platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus terminal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed ("Midori no Madoguchi") | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 10 March 1882 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY 2023 | 5,978 daily[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tsuruga Station (敦賀駅, Tsuruga-eki) is a joint-use railway station in the city of Tsuruga, Fukui, Japan, jointly operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and Hapi-Line Fukui. The station premises are managed by JR West. It is served by the Hokuriku Shinkansen, the Hokuriku Main Line, the Obama Line and the Hapi-Line Fukui Line, all of which terminate at Tsuruga. A freight-only branch line known as the Tsuruga Port Line operated by JR Freight formerly ran from this station.
Lines
Tsuruga Station is served by the Hokuriku Main Line and is located 45.9 kilometres (28.5 miles) from the other terminus of the line at Maibara. Trains of the Kosei Line also continue past their nominal terminus at Ōmi-Shiotsu to terminate at this station. As of March 2024, the Hokuriku Shinkansen now serves Tsuruga and is located 574.7 kilometres (357.1 miles) from the terminus at Tōkyō. The station is also a terminus of the 84.3-kilometre (52.4-mile) Obama Line to Higashi-Maizuru.
Station layout
The station platforms can be divided into two areas: the long-existing conventional area now reserved for local trains, and the newer Shinkansen building serving long-distance trains.[2][3] The main link is the pedestrian bridge that starts behind the station's entrance building at the West Exit, crosses over and serve the conventional platforms, and connects to the second-floor concourse of the Shinkansen building.[4] The East Exit was created in tandem with the opening of the Shinkansen and is housed in that building.
The conventional area consists of three island platforms serving seven tracks. The overhead lines are powered using 1,500 V DC, although heading north on the Hapi-Line Fukui Line the electrification soon changes to 20 kV AC (60 Hz).
The Shinkansen building has two platform levels with the concourse sandwiched in between. The Shinkansen platforms, on the third floor at 21 metres above ground and consisting of two island platforms serving four tracks, is the tallest on the Shinkansen network. The height allows the tracks to continue over a nearby road viaduct. The first floor has two island platforms with four tracks for conventional limited express services from Osaka and Nagoya, that previously continued to Kanazawa via the outdoor conventional platforms but now terminate here to relay passengers to the Shinkansen.[5]
Platforms
| 1-2 | ■ Obama Line | for Obama and Higashi-Maizuru |
| 3 | ■ Hapi-Line Fukui Line | for Fukui, Kanazawa |
| 4 | ■ Hokuriku Main Line | Kosei Line Special Rapid / Local services for Maibara and Osaka |
| 5 | ■ Hokuriku Main Line | Kosei Line Special Rapid / Local services for Maibara and Osaka |
| 6 | ■ Hokuriku Main Line | for Maibara, Osaka |
| 7 | ■ Hapi-Line Fukui Line | for Fukui, Kanazawa |
| ■ Hokuriku Main Line | for Maibara, Osaka | |
| 31-32 | ■ Arrival Only | - |
| 33 | ■ Hokuriku Main Line | Limited Express Thunderbird for Kyoto, Osaka[6] |
| 34 | ■ Hokuriku Main Line | Limited Express Shirasagi for Maibara, Nagoya[6] |
| 11-14 | ■ Hokuriku Shinkansen | for Kanazawa and Tokyo |
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Shinkansen concourse, March 2024
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Shinkansen platforms, May 2024
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2010s station buildings in September 2018
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Driving wheel monument in August 2006
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Conventional line platforms in March 2007
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Station building in 1987
History
Tsuruga Station opened on 10 March 1882.[7] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.[8]
In 2014, JR West inaugurated[9] a 180 meter long variable gauge test track within the yards of the station, on which an experimental variable-gauge bogie could be moved on trial runs through gauge-change equipment by a locomotive.[10][11] The aim was to assist the development of a Gauge Change Train appropriate for the snowy Hokuriku environment that would enable through services at the station between the standard-gauge Hokuriku Shinkansen and the narrow-gauge Hokuriku Main Line.[12] However, Japan abandoned the consideration of gauge-changing Shinkansen in 2018.[13]
Station numbering was introduced in March 2018 with Tsuruga being assigned station number JR-A01 for the Hokuriku Main Line and JR-B08 for the Kosei Line (despite the latter formally terminating at Omi-Shiotsu).[14][15]
The Hokuriku Shinkansen was extended to Tsuruga Station effective the timetable revision on 16 March 2024.[16][17] As of the same date, the Hapi-Line Fukui Line began operations on the section of the Hokuriku Main Line to Daishoji formerly owned by JR West.
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 3,610 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[18]
Surrounding area
- Tsuruga Public Library
- Fukui University, Tsuruga campus
See also
References
- ^ "移動等円滑化取組報告書（鉄道駅）" (PDF) (in Japanese). JR West. 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ^ "JR敦賀駅に潜入！開業前の駅の見学レポート". 福井県公式観光サイト ふくいドットコム [Fukui Prefecture Official Tourism Website Fuku-e.com] (in Japanese). Fukui Prefectural Tourism Federation. 20 February 2024.
- ^ 栗原 景 (July 2023). "伝統文化をちりばめた北陸新幹線敦賀駅" (PDF). Working Report. 鉄道・運輸機構だより (in Japanese). No. 78 (2023 Summer). JRTT. p. 12.
- ^ "構内図 | 敦賀駅". JRおでかけネット (in Japanese). JR West.
- ^ "日本一の高さ 巨大な敦賀駅！ 北陸新幹線と在来線乗換の重要拠点に 敦賀には多くの観光・グルメスポットが". 鉄道チャンネル (in Japanese). Express Co., Ltd. 16 March 2024.
- ^ 日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 [JNR Station Directory]. Japan: Japanese National Railways. 1985. p. 43. ISBN 4-533-00503-9.
- ^ 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. 132. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ "「J R西日本グループ中期経営計画２０１７」 主な施策一覧" (PDF) (in Japanese). JR West. 30 April 2015. p. 2.
- ^ "ＪＲ西、フリーゲージ実験線公開／北陸新幹線へ導入". The Shikoku Shimbun (in Japanese). 12 November 2014.
- ^ "ＪＲ西日本グループ中期経営計画２０１７ 進捗状況と今後の重点取り組み(アップデート)" (PDF) (in Japanese). JR West. 30 April 2015. p. 08.
- ^ "フリーゲージトレイン実験線を開設、JR西" [JR West to build a Gauge Change Train test track]. Tetsudo.com (in Japanese). Japan: Asahi Interactive Inc. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
- ^ Osano, Kagetoshi (30 December 2018). "鉄道界のこの1年は？2018年のニュース10選 複々線から新型車両､新駅名まで話題豊富". Toyo Keizai Online (in Japanese). 7）フリーゲージトレイン、新幹線への導入断念.
- ^ "近畿エリアの12路線 のべ300駅に「駅ナンバー」を導入します！" ["Station numbers" will be introduced at a total of 300 stations on 12 lines in the Kinki area!]. westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "「駅ナンバー」一覧表" ["Station number" list] (PDF). westjr.co.jp (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "Hokuriku Shinkansen's Kanazawa-Tsuruga extension set to open Saturday". The Japan Times. 14 March 2024. Archived from the original on 14 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ "並行在来線「ハピラインふくい」開業 記念グッズに目輝かせるファンも" [Parallel conventional line "Hapi-Line Fukui" opens as commemorative goods go on sale]. Fukui Keizai Shimbun. 16 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ 駅別JR貨客輸送状況(1日平均) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2016)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Fukui Prefectural Government. 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
External links
- JR West station information (in Japanese)