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Mikuni Minato Station

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Operated by
  
Echizen Railway

Connections
  
Bus stop

Opened
  
1914

Line(s)
  
Mikuni Awara Line

Address
  
Japan

Mikuni-Minato Station

Location
  
1-16-1 Shuku, Mikuni-chō, Sakai, Fukui （福井県坂井市三国町宿1-16-1） Japan

Similar
  
Mikuni Station, Tōjinbō, Mikuni‑Jinja Station, Awaraonsen Station, Awara‑Yunomachi Station

Mikuni-Minato Station (三国港駅, Mikuni-minato-eki) is an Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara Line railway station located in Sakai, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

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Station

All Mikuni Awara Line trains serve Mikuni-Minato Station. The station is unstaffed, but there is a waiting area inside the wooden station building.

Surrounding area

  • To the south lies the mouth of the Kuzuryū River, which empties into the Sea of Japan. The port of Mikuni and some beaches are also nearby.
  • Prefectural Route 7 runs in front of the station. National Route 305 lies across the river.
  • Other points of interest include:
  • Mikuni Sunset Beach
  • Mikuni Hot Spring Yuaport
  • Mikuni Morning Market
  • Mikuni Yacht Harbor
  • Mikuni Sports Park
  • Takidanji Temple

    • History

  • July 1, 1914: Station opens as a JGR (later JNR) freight terminal.
  • December 15, 1927: Regular passenger operations begin.
  • October 11, 1944: JGR operations cease; Keifuku Electric Railway reopens the station as the terminus of the Mikuni Awara Line. Station continues as a JGR freight terminal.
  • March 1, 1972: JNR station closed.
  • 1981: Station becomes unstaffed.
  • June 25, 2001: Operations halted due to accident on the Echizen Main Line.
  • August 10, 2003: Station reopens as an Echizen Railway station.

    • References

    Mikuni-Minato Station Wikipedia
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