Morimoto Station
Lines. Morimoto Station is served by the 17.8 km IR Ishikawa Railway Line between and , and lies 5.4 km east of Kanazawa. Through trains to and from the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line and JR West Nanao Line also operate over this line. Layout. The station consists of a side platform (platform 1) and island platform (platforms 2 and 3) serving a total of three tracks, with the station building located above the platforms. The station is staffed. History. The station opened on 1 November 1911. 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 to , 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, Morimoto Station was transferred to the ownership of the third-sector operating company IR Ishikawa Railway. Passenger statistics. In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 1,648 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).