Fukui Station (Fukui)

Fukui Station
福井駅

JR Fukui Station building
Location 1-1-1 Chūō, Fukui, Fukui
(福井県福井市中央1丁目1-1)
Japan
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History
Opened 1896

Fukui Station (福井駅 Fukui-eki) is a railway station in Fukui, Fukui, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the private railway operator Echizen Railway.

Lines

Fukui Station is served by the following railway companies and lines:

Fukui-eki Station (福井駅電停 Fukui-eki dentei), in front of the JR station, is served by:

It is also scheduled to become a station on the high-speed Hokuriku Shinkansen line when the extension west of Kanazawa opens around 2025.[1]

Station layout

The JR West station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

JR West

The JR West station consists of two island platforms and five tracks located in the above-ground portion of Fukui Station.

1  Hokuriku Main Line Limited Express Raichō, Thunderbird for Kanazawa, Toyama, and Wakuraonsen
 Hokuriku Main Line Limited Express Shirasagi for Awaraonsen, Kanazawa, Toyama, and Wakuraonsen
 Hokuriku Main Line Sleeper Limited Express Nihonkai
 Hokuriku Main Line Local trains for Awaraonsen, Kanazawa, and Toyama
2  Etsumi-Hoku Line for Echizen-Ōno and Kuzuryūko
3  Hokuriku Main Line for Awaraonsen, Kanazawa, and Toyama (Local services)
4  Hokuriku Main Line for Takefu and Tsuruga (Special Rapid services)
5  Hokuriku Main Line Limited Express Raichō, Thunderbird for Osaka
 Hokuriku Main Line Limited Express Shirasagi for Maibara and Nagoya
 Hokuriku Main Line Sleeper Limited Express Nihonkai for Osaka

Echizen Railway

The Echizen Railway has two tracks serving one temporary island platform located atop the future Shinkansen viaduct until construction of its own permanent elevated station is completed.

1  Mikuni Awara Line for Nishi-Nagata and Mikuni-Minato
2  Katsuyama Eiheiji Line for Eiheijiguchi and Katsuyama

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Hokuriku Main Line
Echizen-Hanando Local Morita
Echizen Railway Mikuni-Awara Line
Terminus Local Shin-Fukui
Echizen Railway Katsuyama-Eiheiji Line
Terminus Local Shin-Fukui
Fukui Railway Fukubu Line (Fukui-eki Station)
Terminus Local Shiyakushomae
Terminus Express Shiyakushomae

History

JR Fukui Station

What is now the JR West station opened on 15 July 1896.[2]

In January 1952, JNR opened a new station building with financial support from the local government.

With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.[2]

On 18 April 2005 a new station building and "Prism Fukui" shopping mall opened.

Echizen Railway Fukui Station

Fukui Railway Fukui-eki Station

Fukui-Ekimae Station on the Fukui Railway Fukubu Line was originally located approximately 150 meters to the west of the JR station. On 27 March 2016 the station was relocated as Fukui-eki Station to the square in front of the west building of the JR station.[3]

Surrounding area

West Exit

East Exit

See also

References

  1. "Hokuriku Shinkansen route" (in Japanese). Fukui Prefecture. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory - JNR/JR]. II. Japan: JTB. p. 134. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
  3. Fukui Railway (March 3, 2016). "平成28年3月27日(日) 福鉄電車ダイヤ改正(時刻表掲載)" [March 27, 2016 Fukutetsu Train Timetable Revision (Timetable posted)] (in Japanese). Retrieved April 9, 2016.
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Coordinates: 36°03′44″N 136°13′24″E / 36.0621268°N 136.2233233°E / 36.0621268; 136.2233233

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