Taromaru Angelland Station

Taromaru Angelland Station

太郎丸エンゼルランド駅
Tarōmaru Station
General information
Location4 Nishi-Tarōmaru, Harue-chō, Sakai-shi, Fukui-ken 919-0474
Japan
Coordinates36°07′53″N 136°12′21″E / 36.131309°N 136.205769°E / 36.131309; 136.205769
Operated byEchizen Railway
Line(s)■ Mikuni Awara Line
Distance9.2 km from Fukuiguchi
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Other information
StatusUnstaffed
Station codeE33
WebsiteOfficial website
History
OpenedDecember 30, 1928
Previous namesTarōmaru (until 2017)
Passengers
FY2015132 (daily)
Location
Taromaru Angelland Station is located in Japan
Taromaru Angelland Station
Taromaru Angelland Station
Location within Japan

Taromaru Angelland Station (太郎丸エンゼルランド駅, Tarōmaru-Enzerurando-eki) is an Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara Line railway station located in the city of Sakai, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Taromaru Angelland Station is served by the Mikuni Awara Line, and is located 9.2 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Fukuiguchi.

Station layout

The station consists of one side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Mikuni Awara Line
Express: Does not stop at this station
Washizuka-Haribara   Local   Nishiharue Heartopia

History

Taromaru Angelland Station was opened on December 30, 1928. On September 1, 1942 the Keifuku Electric Railway merged with Mikuni Awara Electric Railway. Operations were halted from June 25, 2001. The station reopened on August 10, 2003 as an Echizen Railway station. The station was renamed to its present name on March 25, 2017.[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 132 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]

Surrounding area

  • Newly built residences lie to the east of the station, while rice fields and a park-and-ride lot are to the west.
  • JR West Harue Station is approximately two kilometers east of the station.
  • Other points of interest include:
    • Fukui Prefecture Drivers Education Center (Testing Center)
    • Sakai City Bunka-no-Mori cultural facility
      • Heartpia Harue (Sakai City Harue Library, meeting halls)
      • Communication Park
      • Fukui Prefecture Children's Science Museum (Engelland Fukui)

See also

References

  1. ^ Fukui Railway; Echizen Railway (February 22, 2017). 平成29年春ダイヤ改正等の概要について [Outline of Spring 2017 Timetable Revisions] (PDF) (in Japanese). Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  2. ^ O-5.地方鉄道輸送状況(乗車1日平均) [Regional Railway Passenger Figures (daily average)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Sakai City Government. 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2018.

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