Toyama-Ekimae Station

Toyama Station 富山駅
Location	1-227 Meirinchō, Toyama, Toyama （富山市明輪町1-227） Japan
Operated by	JR West Ainokaze Toyama Railway Toyama Chihō Railway Toyama Light Rail
Line(s)	Hokuriku Shinkansen Takayama Main Line Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line Toyamakō Line
History
Opened	1899

Toyama Station (富山駅, Toyama-eki^?) is a railway station in Toyama, Toyama, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It is the biggest terminal station in Toyama. Dentetsu-Toyama Station (電鉄富山駅, Dentetsu-Toyama-eki^?), the terminal of the local Toyama Chihō Railway is next to the JR Toyama Station.

Toyama Station is served by the following lines.

This station is the starting point of the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route to Murodō Station, Mount Tate, and Kurobe Dam.

The station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

The departure melody used for the shinkansen platforms was composed by producer Akira Sudo (), who was born in Toyama Prefecture.

Toyama Station opened on 20 March 1899. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.

From 14 March 2015, the station was served by the high-speed Hokuriku Shinkansen following the opening of the extension from Nagano to Kanazawa, providing direct services between Tokyo and Kanazawa.

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