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

Fukui Station 福井駅
Fukui Station in July 2018
General information
Location	1-1-1 Chūō, Fukui, Fukui Japan
Coordinates	36.0621268°N 136.2233233°E / 36.0621268; 136.2233233
Operated by	JR West Echizen Railway
Line(s)	■ Hokuriku Main Line ■ Etsumi-Hoku Line (Kuzuryū Line) ■ Katsuyama Eiheiji Line ■ Mikuni Awara Line Fukubu Line (Fukui-eki)
Connections	Fukui Railway Fukubu Line (Fukui-eki Station) Bus terminal
History
Opened	1896

Lines

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

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

Fukui-eki Station (福井駅電停, Fukui-eki dentei), in front of the JR station, is served by:

• Fukui Railway
  • Fukubu Line

It is also scheduled to become a station on the high-speed Hokuriku Shinkansen line when the extension west of Kanazawa opens around 2025.[1]

Station layout

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

JR West

The JR West station consists of two island platforms and five tracks located in the above-ground portion of Fukui Station.

Tracks

1・3	■ Hokuriku Line	for Kanazawa and Toyama
2	■ Etsumi-Hoku Line (Kuzuryu Line)	for Kuzuryūko

4・5

■ Hokuriku Line

for Tsuruga, Osaka and Maibara

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

Echizen Railway

The 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

1	■ Mikuni Awara Line	for Nishi-Nagata and Mikuni-Minato
2	■ Katsuyama Eiheiji Line	for Eiheijiguchi and Katsuyama

• 
  Temporary station building in October 2015
• 
  Station building in July 2018

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Hokuriku Main Line
Morita		Local		Echizen-Hanandō
Terminus		Rapid		Sabae
Echizen Railway Mikuni-Awara Line
Terminus		Local		Shin-Fukui
Echizen Railway Katsuyama-Eiheiji Line
Terminus		Local		Shin-Fukui
Fukui Railway Fukubu Line (Fukui-eki Station)
Terminus		Local		Fukui Castle Ruins-daimyomachi
Terminus		Express		Fukui Castle Ruins-daimyomachi

History

JR Fukui Station

What is now the JR West station opened on 15 July 1896.[2] With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.[2] On 18 April 2005 a new station building and "Prism Fukui" shopping mall opened.[3]

Construction of the platforms serving the Hokuriku Shinkansen was completed in August 2022.[4]

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.[5]

• 
  Fukui-Ekimae Station in September 2007
• 
  Site of Fukui-Ekimae Station in April 2016
• 
  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

External links

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

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