History
Tsurugi Station opened on 22 June 1915 when the Ishikawa Railway extended its line from Shin-Nonoichi (today's Shin-Nishi-Kanazawa) to Tsurugi. On 28 December 1927 a separate Kinmei Railway line opened from a Tsurugimachi Station (initially adjacent to Tsurugi) up to Jinjamae (later Kaga-Ichinomiya); after Kinmei was absorbed by Kanazawa Electric Tramway on 11 March 1929, the two adjacent stations were merged. The Nōmi Electric Railway from Tengusan also reached the station on 16 January 1932. On 13 October 1943 the present Hokuriku Railroad was founded by wartime merger and Tsurugi became part of its Ishikawa Line; on 21 June 1949 the Nōmi Line was directly connected to the Ishikawa Line at the station. On 25 July 1967 the Ishikawa Line's vehicle workshop and inspection depot were relocated to Tsurugi from Shin-Nishi-Kanazawa. The Nōmi Line was abolished on 14 September 1980. After the abolition of the 2.1 km Tsurugi–Kaga-Ichinomiya section on 1 November 2009, Tsurugi became the southern terminus of the Ishikawa Line. A departure jingle based on the Hōrai Festival song was introduced on 22 December 2019.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.
Notes
Tsurugi's wooden station building has been in continuous use since the line opened in 1915, and a small display of historical Hokuriku Railroad equipment is kept inside.