Echizen-Takehara Station
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is an Echizen Railway
Katsuyama Eiheiji Line
railway station
located in Eiheiji
, Yoshida District
, Fukui Prefecture
, Japan
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Echizen Railway
is a railway company located in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It owns and operates the Katsuyama Eiheiji Line between Fukui and Katsuyama and the Mikuni Awara Line between Fukui and Sakai.-History:...
Katsuyama Eiheiji Line
Katsuyama Eiheiji Line
The is a railway line operated by Echizen Railway in Fukui Prefecture. The line stretches 27.8 km from the city of Fukui to Katsuyama with a total of 23 stations. It was operated by Keifuku Electric Railway until 2001; Echizen Railway took over the line in 2003....
railway station
Train station
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located in Eiheiji
Eiheiji, Fukui
is a town located in Yoshida District, Fukui, Japan. It is named after the Eihei-ji temple.As of the 2010 national census, the town population is 20,641. The total area is 94.34 km²....
, Yoshida District
Yoshida District, Fukui
Yoshida is a district located in Fukui, Japan.As of October 1, 2005, the district has an estimated population of 20,766 and a density of 220.12 persons per km². The total area is 94.34 km².-Merger:...
, Fukui Prefecture
Fukui Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Fukui.- Prehistory :The Kitadani Dinosaur Quarry, on the Sugiyama River within the city limits of Katsuyama, has yielded the Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis and Fukuisaurus tetoriensis as well as an unnamed...
, Japan
Japan
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Station
All Katsuyama Eiheiji Line trains serve Echizen-Takehara Station. Two tracks serve a single platform, and the station is unstaffed. Between Echizenguchi and Katsuyama, trains generally pass one another at this stationSurrounding area
- The station faces Fukui Prefectural Route 255 and a small group of houses on the other side of the road. Behind the station are rice fields.
- Other points of interest include:
- Ninki-no-Sato
- Kamishii Bunka Kaikan Sun-Sun Hall
- Eiheiji Municipal Library, Kamishii Branch
History
- February 11, 1914: Ichiarakawa Station (市荒川駅) opens.
- September 1, 1955: Ichiarakawa Station demolished; Echizen-Takehara Station opens approximately 300 meters west.
- June 25, 2001: Operations halted due to accident on the Echizen Main Line.
- October 19, 2003: Station reopens as an Echizen Railway station.