Shin-Fukui Station
Shin-Fukui Station 新福井駅 | |
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 Shin-Fukui Station in 2016 | |
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1 Hinode, Fukui, Fukui （福井県福井市日之出１） Japan |
| Operated by | Echizen Railway |
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| Opened | 1914 |
Shin-Fukui Station (新福井駅 Shin-fukui-eki) is an Echizen Railway Katsuyama Eiheiji Line (also Mikuni Awara Line) railway station located in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.
Station
All Katsuyama Eiheiji Line and Mikuni Awara Line trains serve Shin-Fukui Station. The station is temporarily located on the Hokuriku Shinkansen viaduct from September 27, 2015. There are two side platforms with two tracks. Trains bound for Eiheijiguchi, Katsuyama and the Mikuni Awara Line use platform 1, while trains bound for Fukui use Platform 2.[1] The station is unstaffed.
Until 2015
Until the relocation in 2015, there were two tracks serving a single island platform. Trains bound for Fukui used platform 1, while trains bound for Eiheijiguchi, Katsuyama and the Mikuni Awara Line used Platform 2.
Surrounding area
- The station is in the middle of central Fukui on the east side of the JR Hokuriku Main Line tracks.
- The Fukui regional government office complex is nearby; it has offices for national government agencies, including the Statistics Bureau and the MAFF Fukui office.
- Other points of interest include:
- Fukui Passport Office
- Fukui Ōtemachi Post Office
- Fukui City Hinode Elementary School
- Yōkōkan Garden
- Fukui City History Museum
History
- February 11, 1914: Station opens.
- September 21, 1929: Shin-Fukui — Fukui section opens.
- March 23, 1997: Station moved to present location due to JR Fukui Station grade separation project.
- June 25, 2001: Operations halted due to accident on the Echizen Main Line.
- July 20, 2003: Station reopens as an Echizen Railway station.
- September 27, 2015: Station moves to temporary facilities.[1]
References
- 1 2 Echizen Railway (August 25, 2015). "駅移転および新駅設置に伴うダイヤ改正について" [Timetable revision due to relocation of stations and opening of new station] (PDF) (in Japanese). Retrieved October 11, 2015.
Coordinates: 36°03′54″N 136°13′37″E / 36.064972°N 136.226823°E