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Honjō Station (Fukui)

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Operated by
  
Echizen Railway

Connections
  
Bus stop

Opened
  
1928

Line(s)
  
Mikuni Awara Line

Address
  
Japan

Honjō Station (Fukui)

Location
  
15 Nakaban, Awara, Fukui （福井県あわら市中番15） Japan

Similar
  
Banden Station, Mizui Station, Shimo‑Hyōgo Station, Nishi‑Harue Station, Nishi‑Nagata Station

Honjō Station (本荘駅, Honjō-eki) is an Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara Line railway station located in Awara, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

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Station

All Mikuni Awara Line trains serve Honjō Station. There are two tracks serving a single island platform, and the wooden station is unstaffed.

Surrounding area

  • The station is surrounded by residences; further away lie fields spotted by grain elevators. Fukui Prefectural Route 101 lies to the north.
  • Other points of interest include:
  • Awara City Honjō Elementary School
  • Nakaban Community Center

    • 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

    Honjō Station (Fukui) Wikipedia
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