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Ōzeki Station (Fukui)

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Operated by
  
Echizen Railway

Address
  
Japan

Line(s)
  
Mikuni Awara Line

Opened
  
1928

Ōzeki Station (Fukui)

Location
  
30 Ōmi, Sakai-chō, Sakai, Fukui （福井県坂井市坂井町大味30） Japan

Similar
  
Shimo‑Hyōgo Station, Tarōmaru Station, Nishi‑Nagata Station, Honjō Station, Mizui Station

Ōzeki Station (大関駅, Ōzeki-eki) is an Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara Line railway station located in Sakai, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

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Station

All Mikuni Awara Line trains serve Ōzeki Station. There are two tracks serving a single island platform, and the station is unstaffed. A piece of public art doubles as a roofed walkway between the station and a nearby parking lot.

Surrounding area

  • The station is surrounded by residences and fields. Fukui Prefectural Route 154 lies to the south.
  • Other points of interest include:
  • Fukui / Ishikawa Prefectural Route 5 (Awara Kaidō)
  • Ricoh Japan Fukui Plant
  • Ōzeki Post Office

    • History

  • December 30, 1928: Station opens.
  • September 1, 1942: Keifuku Electric Railway merges with Mikuni Awara Electric Railway.
  • June 25, 2001: Operations halted due to accident on the Echizen Main Line.
  • August 10, 2003: Station reopens as an Echizen Railway station.

    • References

    Ōzeki Station (Fukui) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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