Kosugi Station (Imizu)

Kosugi Station (小杉駅) is a railway station on the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line in Imizu, Toyama, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Lines
Kosugi Station is served by the 100.1 km Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line, and is 30.2 kilometres from the starting point of the line at Kurikara.

Station layout
Kosugi Station has one side platform and one island platform connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.

History
The 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, 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, Kosugi Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company Ainokaze Toyama Railway.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 3,064 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

 * Imizu City Hall
 * Toyama Prefectural University
 * Toyama College of Business and Information Technology