is a railway station on the Hokuriku Main Line in the city of

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, Japan, operated by

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(JR West).

Lines

Takefu Station is served by the Hokuriku Main Line, and is located 81.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .

Station layout

The station consists of one

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

and one

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 ...

serving three tracks. The station building is located on the south side of the tracks. The 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.

Platforms

File:Takefu station 2013.jpg, The platforms in January 2013

Adjacent stations

History

Takefu Station opened on 15 July 1896. With the privatization of

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(JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.

Future plans

Effective the 16 March 2024 timetable revision, this station is to be transferred to the

Hapi-Line Fukui Line is a Japanese third-sector railway company established in 2019 that operates passenger railway services on the section of the former JR West Hokuriku Main Line that lay within Fukui Prefecture. This section of the Hokuriku Main Line was separ ...

due to the opening of the western extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen from Kanazawa to Tsuruga.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 2,344 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* Fukui Prefectural Takefu High School * Murasaki Shikibu park * Echizen Tamagawa Onsen

References

External links

JR West station information
{{Hokuriku Main Line Railway stations in Fukui Prefecture Hokuriku Main Line Stations of West Japan Railway Company Railway stations in Japan opened in 1896 Echizen, Fukui