is a railway station in

Fukui, Fukui is the capital city of Fukui Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 264,217, and a population density of 69.2 persons per km2, in 102,935 households. Its total area is . Most of the population lives in a small central area; ...

, Japan, operated by

West Japan Railway Company , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and ...

(JR West) and the private railway operator

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 ...

Lines

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

JR West , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and ...

Hokuriku Main Line The Hokuriku Main Line ( ja, 北陸本線, ) is a 176.6 kilometer railway line owned by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) connecting the Maibara Station in Maibara, Shiga, with the Naoetsu Station in Joetsu, Niigata. The section betwe ...

Etsumi-Hoku Line The is a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. The line extends 52.5 km (32.6 mi) from Echizen-Hanandō Station in Fukui to Kuzuryūko Station in Ōno with a total of 22 stations. It ...

(This line formally begins at Echizen-Hanandō Station, but trains run through into this station) *

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 ...

Mikuni Awara 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 Mikuni-Minato station at Sakai with a total of 22 stations. It was operated by Keifuku Electric Railway until 2001; E ...

(This line formally begins at Fukuiguchi Station, but trains run through into this station) , in front of the JR station, is served by: *

Fukui Railway is a bus and railway company located in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It owns and operates the Fukubu Line between Tawaramachi Station in Fukui and Echizen-Takefu Station in Echizen. Overview Although Fukui Railway's name refers to its f ...

Fukubu Line The is a 21.4 km railway line operated by Fukui Railway in Fukui Prefecture. The line runs from Echizen-Takefu Station in Echizen to and stations in Fukui. Although it has its own right-of-way for most of the route, the Fukubu Line runs wi ...

It is also scheduled to become a station on the high-speed

Hokuriku Shinkansen The is a high-speed Shinkansen railway line jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West), connecting Tokyo with in the Hokuriku region of Japan. The first section, between and in Nagano Pr ...

line when the extension west of opens around 2025.

Station layout

The JR West station has a "

Midori no Madoguchi , which stands for ''Multi Access (originally Magnetic-electronic Automatic) seat Reservation System'', is a train ticket reservation system used by the railway companies of former Japanese National Railways, currently Japan Railways Group (JR Grou ...

" staffed ticket office.

JR West

The JR West station consists of two

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

s and five tracks located in the above-ground portion of Fukui Station.

Tracks

File:Fukui Station in Taisho era.JPG, The station building in Taisho era File:JR West Fukui Station 2018 09.jpg, West entrance in September 2018 File:Jr west fukui station sky.JPG, The station building seen from above in March 2015

Echizen Railway

The

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

File:Echizen Railway Fukui Station 20151017.jpg, Temporary station building in October 2015 File:Echizen Railway Fukui Station 20180729.jpg, Station building in July 2018

Adjacent stations

History

JR Fukui Station

What is now the JR West station opened on 15 July 1896. With the

privatization Privatization (also privatisation in British English) can mean several different things, most commonly referring to moving something from the public sector into the private sector. It is also sometimes used as a synonym for deregulation when ...

JNR The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987. Network Railways As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...

on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West. On 18 April 2005 a new station building and "Prism Fukui" shopping mall opened. Construction of the platforms serving the

was completed in August 2022.

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 is a railroad company based in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan (but with offices in Fukui Prefecture) in operation since March 2, 1942. It is a parent company of Keifuku Bus and Kyoto Bus, and an affiliated company of Keihan Electric Railway, which ...

on 2 March 1942, with the line being renamed Echizen Main Line. The station became part of the

on 2 February 2003. Train services were restored on 20 July 2003.

Fukui Railway Fukui-eki Station

Fukui-Ekimae Station was a Fukui Railway Fukubu Line railway station located in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It was the predecessor of Fukui-eki Station, located in front of Fukui Station. History On October 15, 1933 Fukui-Ekimae Station opened to the public ...

on the

Fukui Railway Fukubu Line The is a 21.4 km railway line operated by Fukui Railway in Fukui Prefecture. The line runs from Echizen-Takefu Station in Echizen to and stations in Fukui. Although it has its own right-of-way for most of the route, the Fukubu Line runs ...

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. File:Fukuiekimaeeki.jpg, Fukui-Ekimae Station in September 2007 File:Fukutetsu fukuieki ato.JPG, Site of Fukui-Ekimae Station in April 2016 File:Fukutetsu fukuieki.JPG, New Fukui-eki Station in April 2016

Surrounding area

West Exit

*Former site of

Fukui Castle is a flatland-style castle located in what is now the city of Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. During the Edo period, it was the headquarters of a branch of the Matsudaira clan, who were hereditary ''daimyō'' of Fukui domain under the Tokugawa ...

, now home to the Fukui Prefectural Government Building and Fukui Prefectural Police Department Headquarters *Fukui City Hall *

NHK , also known as NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster. NHK, which has always been known by this romanized initialism in Japanese, is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee. NHK operates two terrestr ...

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 Prefectural Koshi High School (福井県立高志高等学校, ''Fukui Kenritsu Koshi Kōtō Gakkō'') is a high school in Fukui, Fukui, Japan, founded in 1948. The school is operated by the Fukui Prefectural Board of Education. As of Apr ...

*Fukui Municipal Baseball Stadium *Fukui Local Meteorological Observatory

References

External links

Fukui Station (JR West official page)

Echizen Railway Official Website
{{Fukui Railway Fukubu Line Railway stations in Fukui Prefecture Stations of West Japan Railway Company Railway stations in Japan opened in 1896

Lines

Station layout

JR West

Tracks

Echizen Railway

Tracks

Adjacent stations

History

JR Fukui Station

Echizen Railway Fukui Station

Fukui Railway Fukui-eki Station

Surrounding area

West Exit

East Exit

See also

References

External links