Fukui Station (Fukui)

Railway station in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan

Fukui Station (福井駅, Fukui-eki) is a railway station in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the private railway operator Echizen Railway.

Lines

Fukui Station is served by the following railway companies and lines:

• JR West
  • Hokuriku Shinkansen
  • Etsumi-Hoku Line (This line formally begins at Echizen-Hanandō Station, but trains run through into this station)
• Hapi-Line Fukui
  • Hapi-Line Fukui Line
• Echizen Railway
  • Katsuyama Eiheiji Line
  • Mikuni Awara Line (This line formally begins at Fukuiguchi Station, but trains run through into this station)

A tram stop in front of the station, Fukui-eki Station (福井駅停留場, Fukui-eki teiryūjō), is served by:

• Fukui Railway
  • Fukubu Line

Station layout

The JR West station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

The JR West and Hapi-Line Fukui portion of the station consists of two island platforms and five tracks located in the above-ground portion of Fukui Station. The Shinkansen platform consists of a single island platform serving 2 tracks.

Tracks

• 
  The station building in Taisho era
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  West entrance in September 2018
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  The station building seen from above in March 2015
• 
  "Dinosaur Professor" sculpture

Echizen Railway

On the east side of the station, Echizen Railway has two tracks serving one temporary island platform located atop the future Shinkansen viaduct until construction of its own permanent elevated station is completed.

Tracks

• 
  Temporary station building in October 2015
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  Station building in July 2018
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  Sculptures of dinosaurs outside the Echizen Railway platforms

Adjacent stations

History

JR Fukui Station

What is now the JR West station opened on 15 July 1896.^[1] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.^[1] On 18 April 2005 a new station building and "Prism Fukui" shopping mall opened.^[2]

Construction of the platforms serving the Hokuriku Shinkansen was completed in August 2022.^[3] The Hokuriku Shinkansen extension to Tsuruga was opened on 16 March 2024.

Echizen Railway Fukui Station

Kyoto Dentō Echizen Electric Railway Line Fukui Station opened on 21 September 1929. The station became part of the Keifuku Electric Railroad on 2 March 1942, with the line being renamed Echizen Main Line. The station became part of the Echizen Railway on 2 February 2003. Train services were restored on 20 July 2003.

Fukui Railway Fukui-eki Station

Fukui-Ekimae Station on the Fukui Railway Fukubu Line was originally located approximately 150 meters to the west of the JR station. On 27 March 2016, the station was relocated as Fukui-eki Station to the square in front of the west building of the JR station.^[4]

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  Fukui-Ekimae Station in September 2007
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  Site of Fukui-Ekimae Station in April 2016
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  New Fukui-eki Station in April 2016

Surrounding area

West Exit

• Former site of Fukui Castle, now home to the Fukui Prefectural Government Building and Fukui Prefectural Police Department Headquarters
• Fukui City Hall
• NHK Fukui Broadcasting Station
• Fukui Broadcasting Hall
• Fukui International Activities Plaza
• Fukui District Court
• Fukui District Prosecutor's Office
• Fukui Tax Office
• Fukui Chamber of Commerce
• Asuwayama Park

East Exit

• Echizen Railway Fukui Station
• AOSSA building, home to the Fukui Prefectural Civic Hall and Fukui Municipal Sakuragi Library
• Wel City Fukui (Fukui Employee's Pension Hall)
• Fukui Prefectural Koshi High School
• Fukui Municipal Baseball Stadium
• Fukui Local Meteorological Observatory

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. Ishino, Tetsu, ed. (1998). 停車場変遷大辞典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR]. Vol. II. Japan: JTB. p. 134. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
2. http://www.prism-fukui.jp/profile/ Archived 23 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese) on 2018-02-23
3. Kinoshita, Kenji (26 August 2022). "北陸新幹線 福井駅・小松駅、駅舎の建築工事完了 – 鉄道・運輸機構" [Hokuriku Shinkansen Fukui Station, Komatsu Station, station building construction completed – Railway and Transport Organization]. MyNavi Corporation (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
4. Fukui Railway (3 March 2016). 平成28年3月27日（日） 福鉄電車ダイヤ改正（時刻表掲載） [27 March 2016 Fukutetsu Train Timetable Revision (Timetable posted)] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2016.

External links

• Fukui Station (JR West official page) (in Japanese)
• Echizen Railway Official Website (in Japanese)