Fukui Castle Ruins-daimyomachi Station

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.

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.

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.

• 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.

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