Takefu-shin Station

This article is about a railway station which previously had the name of Echizen-Takefu. For the current Shinkansen station on the Hokuriku Shinkansen named Echizen-Takefu, see Echizen-Takefu Station.
Takefu-shin Station

たけふ新駅
Station building
General information
Location3 Fuchū, Echizen-shi, Fukui-ken 915-0071
Japan
Coordinates35°54′22″N 136°10′13″E / 35.906150°N 136.170255°E / 35.906150; 136.170255
Operated byFukui Railway
Line(s)■ Fukubu Line
Distance20.9 km from Tawaramachi
Platforms2 bay platforms
Tracks3
Connections
  • Bus terminal
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station codeF0
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedFebruary 2, 1924
Previous names
  • Takefu-Shin (until 2010)
  • Echizen-Takefu (until 2023)
Location
Takefu-shin Station is located in Japan
Takefu-shin Station
Takefu-shin Station
Location within Japan

Takefu-shin Station (たけふ新駅, Takefushin-eki) is a Fukui Railway Fukubu Line railway station located in the city of Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Takefu-shin Station is the terminal station of the Fukui Railway Fukubu Line, and is located 20.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Tawaramachi. There are several bus lines operating from a rotary near the south exit and stops by the west exit.

Station layout

The station consists of two bay platforms serving three tracks, with a three-story station building. The station is staffed.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Fukui Railway Fukubu Line
Terminus   Special Limited Express   Shinmei
Terminus   Limited Express   Kitago
Terminus   Local   Kitago

History

The station opened on February 2, 1924, as Takefu-Shin Station (武生新駅, Takefu-Shin-eki). A new station building was completed in 1983. The station was renamed to Echizen-Takefu Station (越前武生駅, Echizen-Takefu-eki) on March 25, 2010[1]

With the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension to Tsuruga, it was decided that one of the new Shinkansen stations would be given the name 'Echizen-Takefu Station'. As the station name is also being used by Fukui Railways, a poll was conducted to choose a new name for this station. Besides the reverting the station name back to 'Takefu-Shin Station', the 5 other suggests were 'Fukutetsu-Takefu Station', 'Fukutetsu-Echizen Station', 'Kikuka-Takefu Station', and 'Echizen-Fuchu Station'. The results of the poll was to rename this station to Takefu-shin Station with 'Takefu' being written in hiragana rather than kanji. This came into effect on February 25, 2023.[2]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. ^ 川本光憲 (February 20, 2010). 新駅は「スポーツ公園駅」　福鉄福武線・武生新－西武生間 [New station named Sports Kōen Station, between Takefu-Shin and Nishi-Takefu, Fukutetsu Fukubu Line] (in Japanese). Chunichi Web. Archived from the original on June 14, 2011. Retrieved June 26, 2010.
  2. ^ "「越前武生駅」駅名変更日について" (in Japanese). January 25, 2023.

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