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Nishi Nagata Station

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Operated by
  
Echizen Railway

Address
  
Japan

Line(s)
  
Mikuni Awara Line

Opened
  
1928

Nishi-Nagata Station

Location
  
20 Nishi-Nagata, Harue-chō, Sakai, Fukui （福井県坂井市春江町西長田20） Japan

Similar
  
Nishi‑Harue Station, Shimo‑Hyōgo Station, Tarōmaru Station, Mizui Station, Mikuni‑Jinja Station

Nishi-Nagata Station (西長田駅, Nishi-nagata-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 Nishi-Nagata Station. There are three tracks with one island and one side platform. The station is staffed except during early mornings and late nights on weekdays.

Surrounding area

  • The area is mostly rice fields with scattered farming settlements. Fukui Prefectural Route 5 is 300 meters west.
  • Other points of interest include:
  • Sakai City Ōishi Elementary School
  • Yurinosato Park

    • History

  • December 20, 1928: Station opens.
  • June 15, 1931: Maruoka Railway opens between Nishi-Nagata and Kami-Shinjō stations.
  • September 1, 1942: Keifuku Electric Railway merges with Mikuni Awara Electric Railway.
  • December 1, 1944: Keifuku Electric Railway absorbs Maruoka Railway.
  • July 11, 1968: Maruoka Line abolished.
  • 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-Nagata Station Wikipedia
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