is a railway freight terminal in

Takaoka, Toyama is a city in the northwestern portion of Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Takaoka has the second largest population after Toyama City. The area that is east of Kureha hill (呉羽丘陵 Kureha-kyuryo) has been called Goto (呉東), which means the east ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

, operated by

Japan Freight Railway Company , or , is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It provides transportation of cargo nationwide throughout Japan. Its headquarters are in Shibuya, Tokyo near Shinjuku Station. The Japan Railways Group was foun ...

(JR Freight). The terminal is located at the end of the

Shinminato Line is a rail line in Takaoka, Toyama, Japan. It is operated by Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight). It runs from Nōmachi Station to Takaoka Freight Terminal. Route data *Company: Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) ( Category-1) ...

History

Takaoka Freight Terminal opened on 27 January 1918.The station was absorbed into the JR Freight network upon the

privatization Privatization (also privatisation in British English) can mean several different things, most commonly referring to moving something from the public sector into the private sector. It is also sometimes used as a synonym for deregulation when ...

of JNR on 1 April 1987.

Surrounding area

* Man'yōsen Takaoka Kidō Line Shin-Yoshihisa Station

External links

Station and Container Guide (Japan Freight Railway Company Kansai Branch)
Railway stations in Toyama Prefecture Stations of Japan Freight Railway Company Railway freight terminals in Japan Railway stations in Japan opened in 1918 {{Toyama-railstation-stub

History

Surrounding area

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