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Echizen Takehara Station

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Operated by
  
Echizen Railway

Address
  
Japan

Line(s)
  
Katsuyama Eiheiji Line

Opened
  
1914

Echizen-Takehara Station

Location
  
2 Takehara, Eiheiji, Yoshida, Fukui （福井県吉田郡永平寺町竹原2） Japan

Previous names
  
Ichiarakawa (until 1955)

Similar
  
Kobunato Station, Echizen‑Nonaka Station, Sannō Station, Shimoshii Station, Shiizakai Station

Echizen-Takehara Station (越前竹原駅, Echizen-takehara-eki) is an Echizen Railway Katsuyama Eiheiji Line railway station located in Eiheiji, Yoshida District, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

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Station

All Katsuyama Eiheiji Line trains serve Echizen-Takehara Station. Two tracks serve a single platform, and the station is unstaffed. Between Echizenguchi and Katsuyama, trains generally pass one another at this station.

Surrounding area

  • The station faces Fukui Prefectural Route 255 and a small group of houses on the other side of the road. Behind the station are rice fields.
  • Other points of interest include:
  • Ninki-no-Sato
  • Kamishii Bunka Kaikan Sun-Sun Hall
  • Eiheiji Municipal Library, Kamishii Branch

    • History

  • February 11, 1914: Ichiarakawa Station (市荒川駅) opens.
  • September 1, 1955: Ichiarakawa Station demolished; Echizen-Takehara Station opens approximately 300 meters west.
  • June 25, 2001: Operations halted due to accident on the Echizen Main Line.
  • October 19, 2003: Station reopens as an Echizen Railway station.

    • References

    Echizen-Takehara Station Wikipedia
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