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Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station

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 Chihō Railway Main Line is connected to the station by a walkway.

Lines

Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station is served by the high-speed Hokuriku Shinkansen line from to , and is located from the official starting point of the line at . Only semi-fast Hakutaka Tokyo-to-Kanazawa services stop at Kurobe-Unazukionsen, with a roughly hourly service in each direction.

Station layout

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

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.

The departure melody used for the shinkansen platforms is , composed by singer-songwriter , who was born in Toyama Prefecture.

Facilities

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

Initially given the tentative name of , the station name of Kurobe-Unazukionsen was formally made public on 7 June 2013. 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.

Kurobe-Unazukionsen station opened for service on the Hokuriku Shinkansen on 14 March 2015.

Surrounding area

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