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Nishi Betsuin Station

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Operated by
  
Echizen Railway

Connections
  
Bus stop

Opened
  
1929

Line(s)
  
Mikuni Awara Line

Address
  
Japan

Nishi-Betsuin Station

Location
  
3 Matsumoto, Fukui, Fukui （福井県福井市松本3丁目） Japan

Similar
  
Tawaramachi Station, Fukuiguchi Station, Matsumotomachiya Station, Shin‑Fukui Station, Yatsushima Station

Nishi-Betsuin Station (西別院駅, Nishi-betsuin-eki) is an Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara Line railway station located in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

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Station

All Mikuni Awara Line trains serve Nishi-Betsuin Station. The station is staffed during morning and evening hours only.

Surrounding area

  • The area is primarily residential, with high-rise apartment buildings and homes lining the streets.
  • The name of the station refers to the nearby Nishi-Honganji Temple, Fukui Branch ("betsuin").
  • Other points of interest include:
  • Japan Self-Defense Force Fukui Provincial Cooperation Office
  • Fukui Prefecture governmental building (agricultural and tax offices)
  • Fukuiken Shokuinkaikan
  • Fukui City Fire Department Naka Fire Station

    • History

  • April 1, 1929: 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.
  • July 20, 2003: Station reopens as an Echizen Railway station.

    • References

    Nishi-Betsuin Station Wikipedia
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