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Echizen Railway is a third-sector railway operating company located in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It owns and operates the Katsuyama Eiheiji Line between Fukui and Katsuyama and the Mikuni Awara Line between Fukui and Sakai. History In 1992, Keifuku Ele ...

Katsuyama Eiheiji Line The is a railway line operated by Echizen Railway in Fukui Prefecture. The line extends 27.8 km from the city of Fukui to Katsuyama with a total of 23 stations. It was operated by Keifuku Electric Railway until 2001; Echizen Railway took o ...

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located in the town of Eiheiji, Yoshida District,

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Lines

Echizen-Takehara Station is served by the

, and is located 19.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at . Between Echizenguchi and Katsuyama, trains generally pass one another at this station.

Station layout

The station consists of one

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connected to the station building by a level crossing. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

History

Echizen-Takehara Station was opened on February 11, 1914 as . The station was relocated approximately 300 meters west on September 1, 1955 and renamed Echizen-Takehara Station. Operations were halted from June 25, 2001. The station reopened on July 20, 2003 as an Echizen Railway station.

Surrounding area

*The station faces Fukui Prefectural Route 255 and a small group of houses on the other side of the road. Behind the station are rice fields. *Other points of interest include: **Ninki-no-Sato **Kamishii Bunka Kaikan Sun-Sun Hall **Eiheiji Municipal Library, Kamishii Branch

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