Fukui Castle Ruins-daimyomachi Station

Fukui Castle Ruins-daimyomachi Station

福井城址大名町駅
Fukui Castle Ruins-daimyomachi Station in May 2018
General information
Location3 Ōte, Fukui-shi, Fukui-ken 910-0005
Japan
Coordinates36°03′48″N 136°13′03″E / 36.063341°N 136.2176°E / 36.063341; 136.2176
Operated byFukui Railway
Line(s)■ Fukubu Line
Distance19.3 km from Takefu-shin
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Station codeF22
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedOctober 15, 1933
Previous names
  • Daimyōchō (until 1950)
  • Shiyakushomae (until 2018)
Location
Fukui Castle Ruins-daimyomachi Station is located in Japan
Fukui Castle Ruins-daimyomachi Station
Fukui Castle Ruins-daimyomachi Station
Location within Japan

Fukui Castle Ruins-daimyomachi Station (福井城址大名町駅, Fukuijōshi-daimyōmachi-eki) is a Fukui Railway Fukubu Line station located in the city of Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Fukui Castle Ruins-daimyomachi Station is served by the Fukui Railway Fukubu Line, and is located 19.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Takefu-shin. It is also the terminus of a branch line to Fukui Station. Trains heading from Echizen-Takefu Station to Fukui Station switch directions at this station as if at a switchback; other trains terminate at Tawaramachi.

Station layout

The station consists of two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by a level crossing. There is no station building, but rather two raised platforms in the median of Phoenix-dōri (Prefectural Route 30) from which customers board and disembark. During peak periods a conductor is stationed on the platform to collect fares, but at other times the station is unstaffed.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Fukui Railway Fukubu Line
Shinmei   Special Limited Express   Terminus
Asuwayama-Koenguchi   Limited Express   Jin'ai Joshikōkō
Asuwayama-Koenguchi   Local   Jin'ai Joshikōkō
Fukui Railway Fukubu Line (spur)
Terminus   Special Limited Express   Fukui
Terminus   Limited Express   Fukui
Terminus   Local   Fukui

History

The station was opened on October 15, 1933 as Daimyōchō Station (大名町駅, Daimyōchō-eki). On November 27, 1950 Daimyōchō Station was renamed Honmachi-dōri Station (本町通り駅) and Shiyakushomae Station was opened. Honmachi-dōri Station abolished on July 15, 2002[1] and Shiyakushomae Station renamed Fukui Castles Ruins-daimyomachi Station on March 24, 2018.

Surrounding area

  • Towards the west are the Fukui Prefectural Government buildings, Fukui City Hall, and the Fukui Central Post Office.
  • The Fukui Textile Association building lies to the east; the Keifuku Bus Terminal is on the ground floor. Also to the east is the headquarters branch of Fukui Bank.
  • Fukui Sakae Post Office is southeast of the station.

See also

References

  1. ^ 今尾恵介監修『日本鉄道旅行地図 6号 北信越』新潮社、2008年、p.25

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