• Source: Fukui Station (Fukui)

Fukui Station (福井駅, Fukui-eki) is a railway station in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the private railway operator Echizen Railway.




Lines


Fukui Station is served by the following railway companies and lines:

JR West
Hokuriku Shinkansen
Etsumi-Hoku Line (This line formally begins at Echizen-Hanandō Station, but trains run through into this station)
Hapi-Line Fukui
Hapi-Line Fukui Line
Echizen Railway
Katsuyama Eiheiji Line
Mikuni Awara Line (This line formally begins at Fukuiguchi Station, but trains run through into this station)
A tram stop in front of the station, Fukui-eki Station (福井駅停留場, Fukui-eki teiryūjō), is served by:

Fukui Railway
Fukubu Line




Station layout


The JR West station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.




= JR West & Hapi-Line Fukui

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The JR West and Hapi-Line Fukui portion of the station consists of two island platforms and five tracks located in the above-ground portion of Fukui Station. The Shinkansen platform consists of a single island platform serving 2 tracks.



Tracks






















= Echizen Railway

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On the east side of the station, Echizen Railway has two tracks serving one temporary island platform located atop the future Shinkansen viaduct until construction of its own permanent elevated station is completed.



Tracks


















Adjacent stations






History






= JR Fukui Station

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What is now the JR West station opened on 15 July 1896. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West. On 18 April 2005 a new station building and "Prism Fukui" shopping mall opened.
Construction of the platforms serving the Hokuriku Shinkansen was completed in August 2022. The Hokuriku Shinkansen extension to Tsuruga was opened on 16 March 2024.




= Echizen Railway Fukui Station

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Kyoto Dentō Echizen Electric Railway Line Fukui Station opened on 21 September 1929. The station became part of the Keifuku Electric Railroad on 2 March 1942, with the line being renamed Echizen Main Line. The station became part of the Echizen Railway on 2 February 2003. Train services were restored on 20 July 2003.




= Fukui Railway Fukui-eki Station

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Fukui-Ekimae Station on the Fukui Railway Fukubu Line was originally located approximately 150 meters to the west of the JR station. On 27 March 2016, the station was relocated as Fukui-eki Station to the square in front of the west building of the JR station.

















Surrounding area






= West Exit

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Former site of Fukui Castle, now home to the Fukui Prefectural Government Building and Fukui Prefectural Police Department Headquarters
Fukui City Hall
NHK Fukui Broadcasting Station
Fukui Broadcasting Hall
Fukui International Activities Plaza
Fukui District Court
Fukui District Prosecutor's Office
Fukui Tax Office
Fukui Chamber of Commerce
Asuwayama Park




= East Exit

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Echizen Railway Fukui Station
AOSSA building, home to the Fukui Prefectural Civic Hall and Fukui Municipal Sakuragi Library
Wel City Fukui (Fukui Employee's Pension Hall)
Fukui Prefectural Koshi High School
Fukui Municipal Baseball Stadium
Fukui Local Meteorological Observatory




See also


List of railway stations in Japan




References






External links



Fukui Station (JR West official page) (in Japanese)
Echizen Railway Official Website (in Japanese)

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