Uozu

History

Uozu Station opened on 1908-11-16 as the terminus of the Hokuriku Main Line's extension from Toyama, and a parallel coastal freight branch built to ferry construction materials began operating on the same day before being lifted in the spring of 1914. The section through Uozu was electrified at AC in 1965, and limited-express Hokuetsu trains first called there in 1970. JR West and JR Freight took over the station at privatisation on 1987-04-01. When the Hokuriku Shinkansen reached Kanazawa on 2015-03-14, the parallel section of the Hokuriku Main Line was transferred to the third-sector Ainokaze Toyama Railway, and Uozu lost all limited-express service, with ridership falling sharply thereafter.

History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-18.

Notes

Since October 2008 the concourse has displayed specimens of the Uozu Buried Forest -- a stand of preserved prehistoric tree stumps from the local coast that is designated a Special Natural Monument of Japan.