Address Japan | Opened 1896 | |
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Location 1-1-1 Chūō, Fukui, Fukui（福井県福井市中央1丁目1-1）Japan Operated by JR WestEchizen Railway Similar | ||
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.
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Fukui Station is served by the following railway companies and lines:
Fukui-eki Station (福井駅電停, Fukui-eki dentei), in front of the JR station, is served by:
It is also scheduled to become a station on the high-speed Hokuriku Shinkansen line when the extension west of Kanazawa opens around 2025.
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.
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.
JR Fukui Station
What is now the JR West station opened on 15 July 1896.
In January 1952, JNR opened a new station building with financial support from the local government.
With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.
On 18 April 2005 a new station building and "Prism Fukui" shopping mall opened.
Echizen Railway Fukui Station
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.