Fukui Castle Ruins-daimyomachi Station

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.

Fukui Castle Ruins-daimyomachi Station

福井城址大名町駅
Fukui Castle Ruins-daimyomachi Station in May 2018
Location3 Ōte, Fukui-shi, Fukui-ken 910-0005
Japan
Coordinates36°03′48″N 136°13′03″E
Operated byFukui Railway
Line(s) Fukubu Line
Distance19.3 km from Echizen-Takefu
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
Location within 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 Echizen-Takefu. 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
Asuwayama-Koenguchi   Express   Jin'ai Joshikōkō
Asuwayama-Koenguchi   Local   Jin'ai Joshikōkō
Fukui Railway Fukubu Line (spur)
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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