is a railway station on the

Jōhana Line The is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It connects Takaoka with Johana. Route data *Operating Company: West Japan Railway Company (Services and tracks) *Distance: *Track gauge: ...

in city of

Nanto, Toyama is a city in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It is in a mountainous area in the south-west corner of the prefecture just north of Gifu Prefecture. It is home to the Gokayama UNESCO World Heritage site. , the city had an estimated population of 51,669 ...

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, operated by

West Japan Railway Company , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and ...

(JR West).

Lines

Fukumitsu Station is a station on the

, and is located 24.7 kilometers from the end of the line at .

Layout

The station has two opposed ground-level

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

s serving two tracks, connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station has a ''

Midori no Madoguchi , which stands for ''Multi Access (originally Magnetic-electronic Automatic) seat Reservation System'', is a train ticket reservation system used by the railway companies of former Japanese National Railways, currently Japan Railways Group (JR Grou ...

'' staffed ticket office.

Platforms

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on 18 August 1897. With the privatization of

Japanese National Railways The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...

(JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 570 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

*Fukumitsu-Araki Post Office *YOshie Junior High School * Japan National Route 304

References

External links

* Railway stations in Toyama Prefecture Stations of West Japan Railway Company Railway stations in Japan opened in 1898 Jōhana Line Nanto, Toyama {{Toyama-railstation-stub