Shin-Fukui Station

Location
	Shin-Fukui Station Location within Japan

Shin-Fukui Station

新福井駅
Shin-Fukui Station; 新福井駅
	Shin-Fukui Station in 2016
General information
Location	1 Hinode, Fukui-shi, Fukui-ken 910-0005; Japan
Coordinates	36°03′54″N 136°13′37″E / 36.064972°N 136.226823°E
Operated by	Echizen Railway
Line(s)	■Katsuyama Eiheiji Line; ■ (Mikuni Awara Line);
Distance	0.5 km from Fukuiguchi
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	E2
Website	Official website
History
Opened	February 11, 1914
Location
Location
	Shin-Fukui Station Location within Japan

Shin-Fukui Station (新福井駅, Shin-fukui-eki) is an Echizen Railway Katsuyama Eiheiji Line railway station located in the city of Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Shin-Fukui Station is served by the Katsuyama Eiheiji Line, and is located 0.5 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Fukui. It is also used by trains of the Mikuni Awara Line, which continue past the line's nominal terminus at Fukuiguchi and continue on to Fukui Station.

Station layout

The station consists of two elevated opposed side platforms with the station building located underneath. 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 unattended.

Adjacent stations

«	Service
Katsuyama Eiheiji Line
Express: Does not stop at this station
Fukui	Local	Fukuiguchi

History

Shin-Fukui Station was opened on February 11, 1914. The line was extended between Fukuiguchi and Fukui on September 21, 1929. On September 1, 1942 the Keifuku Electric Railway merged with Mikuni Awara Electric Railway. The station was relocated to its present location on March 23, 1997. Operations were halted from June 25, 2001. The station reopened on July 20, 2003 as an Echizen Railway station. The station had a single island platform. On September 27, 2015 the station moved to temporary facilities,^[1] and reopened as an elevated station with two opposed side platforms on June 24, 2018.

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

References

^ ^a ^b 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.

External links

Media related to Shin-Fukui Station at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (in Japanese)

[Echitetsu2015-1] 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.

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