Tsubata Station

Tsubata Station 津幡駅
Tsubata Station in May 2016
Location	7 Chi, Minamichujo, Tsubata, Kahoku District, Ishikawa （石川県河北郡津幡町南中条チ7） Japan
Operated by	JR West ■ IR Ishikawa Railway
Line(s)	■ IR Ishikawa Railway Line ■ Nanao Line
Distance	11.5 km from Kanazawa
History
Opened	1 November 1898
Location
Tsubata Station Location within Japan

Tsubata Station (津幡駅, Tsubata-eki^?) is a railway station in Tsubata, Kahoku District, Ishikawa, Japan, jointly operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the third-sector railway operator IR Ishikawa Railway.

Tsubata Station is served by the 17.8 km IR Ishikawa Railway Line between Kanazawa and Kurikara, and lies 11.5 km east of Kanazawa. It is also the starting point of the JR West Nanao Line to Nanao. Through trains to and from the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line also operate over this line.

The station opened on 1 November 1898. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West. From 14 March 2015, with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Nagano to Kanazawa, local passenger operations over sections of the Hokuriku Main Line running roughly parallel to the new shinkansen line were reassigned to different third-sector railway operating companies. From this date, Tsubata Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company IR Ishikawa Railway.