Supriya Ghosh (Editor)

Hota Station (Fukui)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Operated by
  
Echizen Railway

Address
  
Japan

Line(s)
  
Katsuyama Eiheiji Line

Opened
  
1916

Hota Station (Fukui)

Location
  
Hota, Shikadani-chō, Katsuyama, Fukui （福井県勝山市鹿谷町保田） Japan

Similar
  
Hossaka Station, Kobunato Station, Echizen‑Takehara Station, Echizen‑Nonaka Station, Hishima Station

Hota Station (保田駅, Hota-eki) is an Echizen Railway Katsuyama Eiheiji Line railway station located in Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

Contents

Station

Only local trains serve Hota Station. One track serves a single platform, and the station is unstaffed.

Surrounding area

  • Since the station is nestled between hills to the south and the Kuzuryū River to the north, there are few structures of note. Two light industrial plants lie to the southeast.
  • Fukui Prefectural Route 168 passes to the north.

    • History

  • August 21, 1916: Station opens.
  • June 25, 2001: Operations halted due to accident on the Echizen Main Line.
  • October 19, 2003: Station reopens as an Echizen Railway station.

    • References

    Hota Station (Fukui) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA