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Echizen Shimabashi Station

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Operated by
  
Echizen Railway

Address
  
Japan

Line(s)
  
Katsuyama Eiheiji Line

Opened
  
1919

Echizen-Shimabashi Station

Location
  
Nakanogō-chō, Fukui, Fukui（福井県福井市中ノ郷町）Japan

Previous names
  
Shimabashi (until 1934)

Similar
  
Higashi‑Fujishima Station, Oiwakeguchi Station, Kannonmachi Station, Nakatsuno Station, Echizen‑Takada Station

Echizen-Shimabashi Station (越前島橋駅, Echizen-shimabashi-eki) is an Echizen Railway Katsuyama Eiheiji Line railway station located in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

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Station

All Katsuyama Eiheiji Line trains serve Echizen-Shimabashi Station. Two tracks serve a single island platform, and the station is unstaffed.

Surrounding area

  • The station is on the edge of a cluster of homes but otherwise is surrounded by fields.
  • The Hokuriku Expressway passes overhead to the east, with the Fukui-Kita interchange to the south. However, access to the station from the expressway is difficult and not recommended.
  • Other points of interest include:
  • National Route 416
  • University of Fukui, Main Campus (1 km north)

    • History

  • February 11, 1919: Shimabashi Station (島橋駅) opens.
  • By 1934: Shimabashi Station renamed to Echizen-Shimabashi Station.
  • June 25, 2001: Operations halted due to accident on the Echizen Main Line.
  • July 20, 2003: Station reopens as an Echizen Railway station.

    • References

    Echizen-Shimabashi Station Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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