Hokuriku Railroad
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Kanazawa, Ishikawa
is the capital city of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.-Geography, climate, and population:Kanazawa sits on the Sea of Japan, bordered by the Japan Alps, Hakusan National Park and Noto Peninsula National Park. The city sits between the Sai and Asano rivers. Its total area is 467.77 km².Kanazawa's...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. The company or its lines are commonly known as . The company was founded in 1943, when all the private railway and bus
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
operators in Ishikawa Prefecture
Ishikawa Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshū island. The capital is Kanazawa.- History :Ishikawa was formed from the merger of Kaga Province and the smaller Noto Province.- Geography :Ishikawa is on the Sea of Japan coast...
were merged into one. Some of its lines, however, have their roots from horse car lines in the 19th century. Hokutetsu once had an extensive railway network in the prefecture with 13 heavy rail lines and 1 tram
Tram
A tram is a passenger rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets and also sometimes on separate rights of way. It may also run between cities and/or towns , and/or partially grade separated even in the cities...
line, but only 2 heavy rail lines still survive today. Now the company primary functions as a bus operator. It also operates as the agency of All Nippon Airways
All Nippon Airways
, also known as or ANA, is one of the largest airlines in Japan. It is headquartered at the Shiodome City Center in the Shiodome area in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It operates services to 49 destinations in Japan and 35 international routes and employed over 14,000 employees as of May 2009...
in Kanazawa area.
Its lines accept ICa
ICa (card)
is a rechargeable contactless smart card ticketing system for public transport in Kanazawa, Japan, introduced by Hokuriku Railroad , from December 1, 2004. The name is the portmanteau of IC and card, as well as ai , hoping the card will be loved by users...
, a smart card
Smart card
A smart card, chip card, or integrated circuit card , is any pocket-sized card with embedded integrated circuits. A smart card or microprocessor cards contain volatile memory and microprocessor components. The card is made of plastic, generally polyvinyl chloride, but sometimes acrylonitrile...
ticketing system. However, the railway lines only accept the commuter passes, not the prepaid cards.
Currently operational
- ■ Asanogawa LineHokuriku Railroad Asanogawa LineThe is a Japanese railway line which connects Kanazawa Station in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture with Uchinada Station in Uchinada, Ishikawa Prefecture. It is owned and operated by Hokuriku Railroad...
(浅野川線): Hokutetsu-Kanazawa — Uchinada - ■ Ishikawa LineHokuriku Railroad Ishikawa LineThe is a railway line owned and operated by Hokuriku Railway in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. The line stretches 13.8 km from the city of Kanazawa to Hakusan with a total of 16 stations.-Service:...
(石川線): Nomachi — Tsurugi
Discontinued
Including the discontinued sections of current lines.- Asanogawa Line (浅野川線): Uchinada — Awagasaki-Kaigan
- Ishikawa Line (石川線): Shiragikuchō — Nomachi
- Kanaiwa Line (金石線): Nakabashi — Ōno-Minato, Matsubara — Tōtōen
- Kinmei Line (金名線): Kaga-Ichinomiya — Hakusan-Shita
- Komatsu Line (小松線): Komatsu — Ukawa-Yūsenji
- Nomi Line (能美線): Shin-Terai — Tsurugi
- Noto Line (能登線): Hakui — Sanmyō
- Shōkin Line (松金線): Mattō — Nomachi
- Kanan Line (加南線)
- Awazu Line (粟津線): Awazu-Onsen — Shin-Awazu
- Iburihashi Line (動橋線): Uwano — Shin-Iburihashi.
- Later merged with Link Line as Yamashiro Line (山代線).
- Katayamazu Line (片山津線): Iburihashi — Katayamazu
- Link Line (連絡線): Kanan — Awazu-Onsen.
- Later merged with Iburihashi Line as Yamashiro Line.
- Yamanaka Line (山中線): Yamanaka — Daishōji
- Kanazawa City Tram Line (金沢市内軌道線)
Bus Lines
Together with its subsidiaries, the Hokutetsu group dominates the bus lines in Ishikawa Prefecture. Hokuriku Railroad itself operates local buses inside Kanazawa City, which is the most important public transportation in the area. The company also operates highway buses linking the city and other parts of Japan, including TokyoTokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, Sendai
Sendai, Miyagi
is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, and the largest city in the Tōhoku Region. In 2005, the city had a population of one million, and was one of Japan's 19 designated cities...
, Niigata
Niigata, Niigata
is the capital and the most populous city of Niigata Prefecture, Japan. It lies on the northwest coast of Honshu, the largest island of Japan, and faces the Sea of Japan and Sado Island....
, Nagoya
Nagoya, Aichi
is the third-largest incorporated city and the fourth most populous urban area in Japan.Located on the Pacific coast in the Chūbu region on central Honshu, it is the capital of Aichi Prefecture and is one of Japan's major ports along with those of Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, Chiba, and Moji...
, Ōsaka, and Toyama
Toyama, Toyama
is the capital city of Toyama Prefecture, Japan, located on the coast of the Sea of Japan in the Chūbu region on central Honshū, about 200 km north of the city of Nagoya and 300 km northwest of Tokyo....
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