is an Echizen Railway

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....

 (also Mikuni Awara Line

Mikuni Awara 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 Sakai with a total of 22 stations. It was operated by Keifuku Electric Railway until 2001; Echizen Railway took over the line in 2003....

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Train station

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 located in Fukui

Fukui, Fukui

is the capital of Fukui Prefecture, Japan. The city is located in the north-central part of the prefecture on the coast of the Sea of Japan.-Demographics:...

, 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 and Mikuni Awara Line trains serve Shin-Fukui Station. There are two tracks serving a single island platform. Trains bound for Fukui Station use platform 1, while trains bound for Eiheijiguchi, Katsuyama, and the Mikuni Awara Line use Platform 2. The station is unstaffed.

Surrounding area

• The station is in the middle of central Fukui on the east side of the JR Hokuriku Main Line
  Hokuriku Main Line
  The is a 358.3 kilometer line of the West Japan Railway Company from Maibara Station in Maibara, Shiga to Naoetsu Station in Jōetsu, Niigata. It serves the Hokuriku region on the northern central coast of Honshū, the largest island of Japan, as well as offering connections to the regions of...
  
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• 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.

Adjacent stations