Fukui Station 福井駅
JR Fukui Station building
Location
Prefecture	Fukui (See other stations in Fukui)
City	Fukui
Neighborhood etc.	1-1-1 Chūō
Postal code	910-0006
(in Japanese)	福井県福井市中央1丁目1-1
History
Year opened	1896
Rail services
Operator(s)	JR West Echizen Railway
Line(s)	Hokuriku Main Line, Etsumi-Hoku Line Katsuyama Eiheiji Line, Mikuni Awara Line
Major bus terminal(s) attached to the station

Fukui Station (福井駅, Fukui-eki^?) is a JR West and Echizen Railway railway station located in the city of Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

Fukui-Ekimae Station on the Fukui Railway Fukubu Line is located approximately 150 meters to the west.

History[edit]

JR Fukui Station[edit]

• 15 July 1896: Japanese Government Railways (JGR, later JNR) Fukui Station opens. At the time, the station was the line's terminus.
• 12 October 1909: The line renamed Hokuriku Main Line.
• January 1952: JNR opens new station building with financial support from the local government.
• 1 April 1987: With the privatization of JNR, Fukui Station becomes part of West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
• 18 July 2004: Because of heavy rain and flooding around Fukui Station, service on the Etsumi-Hoku Line temporarily stopped.
• 18 April 2005: The new station building and the PRISM FUKUI shopping mall open.

Echizen Railway Fukui Station[edit]

• 21 September 1929: Kyoto Dentō Echizen Electric Railway Line Fukui Station opens.
• 2 March 1942: Station becomes part of the Keifuku Electric Railroad Company; line renamed Echizen Main Line.
• 25 June 2001: Service halted due to a train collision on 24 June 2001.
• 2 February 2003: Station becomes part of the Echizen Railway Company.
• 20 July 2003: Train service restored.

Lines[edit]

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

• JR West
  • Hokuriku Main Line
  • Etsumi-Hoku Line (This line starts from Echizen-Hanando Station formally, but all the trains run straight into this station）
• Echizen Railway
  • Katsuyama Eiheiji Line
  • Mikuni Awara Line (This line formally begins at Fukuiguchi Station, but trains run through into this station.)

Platform layout[edit]

JR West[edit]

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

Echizen Railway[edit]

The Echizen Railway has two tracks serving one island platform located in a separate building east of JR Fukui Station.

Surrounding area[edit]

West Exit[edit]

• Fukui Railway Fukui-Ekimae station
• Former site of Fukui Castle, now home to the Fukui Prefectural Government Building and Fukui Prefectural Police Department Headquarters
• Fukui City Hall
• NHK Fukui Broadcasting Station
• Fukui Broadcasting Hall
• Fukui International Activities Plaza
• Fukui District Court
• Fukui District Prosecutor's Office
• Fukui Tax Office
• Fukui Chamber of Commerce
• Asuwayama Park

East Exit[edit]

• Echizen Railway Fukui Station
• AOSSA building, home to the Fukui Prefectural Civic Hall and Fukui Municipal Sakuragi Library
• Wel City Fukui (Fukui Employee's Pension Hall)
• Fukui Prefectural Koshi High School
• Fukui Municipal Baseball Stadium
• Fukui Local Meteorological Observatory

Adjacent stations[edit]

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Fukui Station (Fukui)

• Fukui Station (JR West official page) (Japanese)
• Echizen Railway Official Website (Japanese)

Coordinates: 36°03′44″N 136°13′24″E / 36.0621268°N 136.2233233°E / 36.0621268; 136.2233233

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