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1 Shareholders  




2 IR Ishikawa Railway Line  


2.1  Service outline  




2.2  Stations  


2.2.1  Legend  








3 Rolling stock  




4 History  




5 See also  




6 References  




7 External links  













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IR Ishikawa Railway

Native name

IRいしかわ鉄道
Company typeThird sector
GenreRail transport
Founded28 August 2012
Headquarters
Kanazawa, Ishikawa
,
Japan

Area served

Ishikawa Prefecture
ServicesPassenger railway
Websiteishikawa-railway.jp

The IR Ishikawa Railway (IRいしかわ鉄道株式会社, IR Ishikawa Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese third-sector railway company established in 2012 to operate passenger railway services on the section of the JR West Hokuriku Main Line within Ishikawa Prefecture. The main line was separated from the JR West network on 14 March 2015, coinciding with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from NaganotoKanazawa. It acquired another section from the JR West Hokuriku Main Line from Kanazawa to Daishoji on 16 March 2024 as the Hokuriku Shinkansen was extended from Kanazawa to Tsuruga.[1] The company was founded on 28 August 2012 and has its headquarters in Kanazawa, Ishikawa.[2]

Shareholders

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Shares in the company are owned by Ishikawa Prefecture, the cities of Kanazawa and Komatsu, the town of Tsubata, and private-sector businesses.[2]

IR Ishikawa Railway Line

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IR Ishikawa Railway Line
A 521 series at Tsubata Station
Overview
Native nameIRいしかわ鉄道線
OwnerIR Ishikawa Railway
LocaleIshikawa Prefecture
Termini
  • Kurikara
    • Stations19
    Service
    TypeRegional rail
    Rolling stock521 series EMUs
    History
    Opened1 November 1898
    Technical
    Line length17.8 km (11.1 mi)
    Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
    Electrification20 kV AC (60 Hz)

    Route map

    Legend

    		 Hokuriku Main Line

    Nakabashi/Hokutetsu Kanaiwa Line

    		 Hokutetsu Kanazawa City Line
    (Rokumaimachi)
    0.0
    		 Kanazawa
    (Kanazawa Station)
    Kanazawa
    Horikawa

    		 Hokuriku Railroad Asanogawa Line

    		Asanogawa

    		Kanazawa Depot

    		Higashi-Kanazawa
    Until 2002
    2.6
    		 Kanazawa Freight Terminal

    2.6
    		 Higashi-Kanazawa

    (Higashikanazawa Station)

    5.4
    		 Morimoto

    8.4
    		 Hanazono (Signal Box)
    Until 1938
    11.5
    		 Tsubata

    		JR West Nanao Line

    		Tsubatagawa

    		Hokuriku Shinkansen

    17.8
    		 Kurikara

    		Ainokaze Toyama Railway

    From 14 March 2015, the IR Ishikawa Railway took over control of local passenger operations on the 17.8 km (11.1 mi) section JR West Hokuriku Main Line between Kanazawa and Kurikara, with five stations (although Kanazawa Station remains under the control of JR West).[3] An additional section west to Daishoji was acquired from 16 March 2024.[1]

    Service outline

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    All services inter-run either to and from the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line (and Echigo Tokimeki Railway Nihonkai Hisui Line) to the east or over the JR West Nanao Line branching off at Tsubata and the rest of the Hokuriku Main Line operated by JR West to the west of Kanazawa.[3] Limited-stop "Rapid" services named Ainokaze Liner (あいの風ライナー) are operated between Kanazawa and Tomari by Ainokaze Toyama Railway during the weekday morning and evening peaks, but these do not serve any IR Ishikawa Railway stations other than Kanazawa.[3] Noto Kagaribi (Kanazawa - Wakura-Onsen) and Thunderbird (Osaka - Wakura-Onsen) limited express services also operate over the section of the line between Kanazawa and Tsubata, with some services calling at Tsubata.[3]

    Stations

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    All stations are in Ishikawa Prefecture.

    Legend

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    ● - All Ainokaze liner trains stop
    | - All Ainokaze liner trains pass

    Station Japanese Distance
    (km)     		Liner Transfers Location
    Daishōji 大聖寺 0.0 Hapi-Line Fukui Line Kaga
    Kagaonsen 加賀温泉 4.1 Hokuriku Shinkansen
    Iburihashi 動橋 7.3
    Awazu 粟津 12.2 Komatsu
    Komatsu 小松 18.0 Hokuriku Shinkansen
    Meihō 明峰 20.8
    Nomi-Neagari 能美根上 23.8 Nomi
    Komaiko 小舞子 26.8 Hakusan
    Mikawa 美川 28.6
    Kaga-Kasama 加賀笠間 32.6
    Nishi-Matto 西松任 35.1
    Mattō 松任 37.0
    Nonoichi 野々市 40.3 Nonoichi
    Nishi-Kanazawa 西金沢 42.7 Kanazawa
    Kanazawa 金沢 46.4 ● Hokuriku Shinkansen
    Hokuriku Railroad Asanogawa Line (Hokutetsu-Kanazawa)
    Kanazawa Freight Terminal 金沢貨物ターミナル 49.0 |
    Higashi-Kanazawa 東金沢 49.0 |
    Morimoto 森本 51.8 |
    Tsubata 津幡 57.9 | Nanao Line Tsubata
    Kurikara 倶利伽羅 64.2 | Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line

    Rolling stock

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    The company operates a fleet of five two-car 521 series EMU trains; three second-batch sets (10, 14, and 30) were transferred from JR West, and two third-batch sets (55 and 56) were newly built. The two new sets were initially delivered in February 2015 in standard JR West livery but were repainted into the IR Ishikawa Railway livery before entering service.[4] Trains are normally operated as two- or four-car formations.[4]

    As of 1 April 2015, the 521 series fleet is as follows.[5]

    Set no. Former set no. Manufacturer Delivery date Livery accent colour
    521-0 series
    IR01 10 Kinki Sharyo 22 December 2009 ■ Light green
    IR02 14 Kinki Sharyo 2 March 2010 ■ Purple
    IR03 30 Kawasaki Heavy Industries 15 February 2011 ■ Indigo
    IR04 55 Kinki Sharyo 6 February 2015 ■ Ochre
    IR05 56 Kinki Sharyo 6 February 2015 ■ Maroon
    521-100 series
    IR06 - Kinki Sharyo 3 December 2020 -
    IR07 - Kinki Sharyo 3 December 2020 -
    IR08 - Kinki Sharyo 3 December 2020 -

    History

    [edit]

    The line eastward from Kanazawa was opened on 1 November 1898 on the Hokuriku Main Line.[6] With the privatizationofJNR on 1 April 1987, the line came under the control of JR West.[6]

    The new third-sector operating company was founded on 28 August 2012[2] and was renamed IR Ishikawa Railway from 1 August 2013.[7] The company was formally granted a railway operating license by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on 28 February 2014.[8]

    Effective the timetable revision that took place on 16 March 2024, the section of the Hokuriku Main Line from Kanazawa Station to Daishoji Station was transferred from JR West to the IR Ishikawa Railway.[1] The line has been running between Daishoji and Kurikara effective the same date.

    See also

    [edit]

    References

    [edit]
    1. ^ a b c "JR北陸本線の県内区間は16日から第3セクターに" [JR Hokuriku Main Line sections within Ishikawa Prefecture will move to third-sector operations from the 16th of March.]. NHK NEWS WEB (in Japanese). 16 March 2024. Archived from the original on 16 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  • ^ a b c 会社概要 [Company overview] (in Japanese). Japan: IR Ishikawa Railway. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  • ^ a b c d Osano, Kagetoshi (March 2015). 北陸新幹線並行在来線各社の姿 [Guide to companies operating conventional lines alongside the Hokuriku Shinkansen]. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 44, no. 371. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. pp. 28–33.
  • ^ a b Terada, Hirokazu (June 2015). 北陸新幹線長野ー金沢間開業 並行在来線4社5路線を訪ねて（1） [Visiting the 5 parallel conventional lines of 4 companies following the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen between Nagano and Kanazawa]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 55, no. 650. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. pp. 42–47.
  • ^ JR電車編成表 2015夏 [JR EMU Formations - Summer 2015] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 20 May 2015. p. 142. ISBN 978-4-330-56915-4.
  • ^ a b Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典: 国鉄・jr編 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 137. ISBN 978-4-533-02980-6.
  • ^ ＩＲいしかわ鉄道 始動並行在来線三セク会社 看板掲げ準備本格化 [IR Ishikawa Railway: Preparation starts in earnest for third-sector company]. 47 News (in Japanese). Japan: Press Net Japan Co., Ltd. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  • ^ しなの鉄道（株）、えちごトキめき鉄道（株）、あいの風とやま鉄道（株）及びＩＲいしかわ鉄道（株）申請の第一種鉄道事業許可について [Details of railway business approval for Shinano Railway, Echigo Tokimeki Railway Company, Ainokaze Toyama Railway, and IR Ishikawa Railway]. News release (in Japanese). Japan: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
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