Ainokaze Toyama Railway

This third sector line took over operation of JR West’s Hokuriku Main Line between Kurikara, 42 km west of Toyama, and Ichiburi, 58 km to the northeast, after the opening of the parallel Hokuriku shinkansen on March 15 2015.

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