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Eiheijiguchi Station

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Operated by
  
Echizen Railway

Connections
  
Bus stop

Opened
  
1914

Line(s)
  
Katsuyama Eiheiji Line

Address
  
Japan

Eiheijiguchi Station

Location
  
9 Higashi-Furuichi, Eiheiji, Yoshida, Fukui（福井県吉田郡永平寺町東古市9）Japan

Previous names
  
Eiheiji; Higashi-Furuichi (until 2003)

Similar
  
Shiizakai Station, Shimoshii Station, Kannonmachi Station, Echizen‑Takehara Station, Fukuiguchi Station

Eiheijiguchi Station (永平寺口駅, Eiheijiguchi-eki) is a railway station on the Katsuyama Eiheiji Line in Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Echizen Railway.

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Station layout

All Katsuyama Eiheiji Line trains serve Eiheijiguchi Station. Two platforms serve three tracks, and the station is staffed. The station building is the original structure from 1914.

History

  • February 11, 1914: Eiheiji Station opens.
  • September 16, 1925: Eiheiji Railway opens Eiheijiguchi — Eiheijimon-Mae section.
  • April 26, 1926: Through trains from Shin-Fukui to Eiheijimon-Mae begin operating.
  • January 1, 1927: Station renamed to Eiheijiguchi Station.
  • December 10, 1929: Eiheiji Railway Kanazu (now Awaraonsen) — Eiheijiguchi section opens.
  • December 1, 1944: Line transferred to Keifuku Electric Railway. Station renamed Higashi-Furuichi Station.
  • September 18, 1969: Kanazu — Higashi-Furuichi section closed.
  • December 17, 2000: Two trains collide just east of the station due to a brake malfunction.
  • June 25, 2001: Operations halted due to a second accident on the Echizen Main Line.
  • October 21, 2001: Eiheiji — Higashi-Furuichi section closed.
  • February 20, 2003: Station renamed to Eiheijiguchi Station.
  • July 20, 2003: Station reopens as an Echizen Railway station.

    • Surrounding area

  • This station is the closest to the Zen Buddhist temple Eihei-ji. Visitors transfer to Keifuku or Eiheiji community buses at the stop in front of the station.
  • Other points of interest include:
  • Eiheiji Town Hall, Eiheiji Branch Office
  • National Route 364
  • National Route 416
  • Kuzuryū River

    • References

    Eiheijiguchi Station Wikipedia
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