Fukui Station (Fukui)

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	Fukui Station
	福井駅

Location
1-1-1, Chūō, Fukui, Fukui.
Opened
1896
JR Lines
█ Hokuriku Main Line █ Kuzuryū Line
Platforms
2 island platforms
Nearby Lines Connections
█ Echizen Railway Lines at
● Echizen Railway Fukui Station
█ Fukui Railway Fukubu Line at
● Fukuiekimae Station

Fukui Station (福井駅, Fukui-eki^?) is a JR West train station located in the city of Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It is the biggest terminal station in Fukui.

1 History
2 Lines
3 Train Platforms
- 3.1 JR
4 Surrounding area
5 Adjacent stations
6 External links

[edit] History

15 July 1896 - Hokuriku Line Fukui station was opened.
1 April 1987 - By the privatization of Japanese National Railways, JNR Fukui station became a JR West train station.
18 July 2004 - Because of heavy rain and flooding around Fukui Station, the Etsumi-Hoku Line was temporarily shut down.

[edit] Lines

JR West
- Hokuriku Main Line
- Etsumi-Hoku Line (This line starts from Echizen-Hanando Station formally, but all the trains run straight into this station）
Echizen Railway
- Katsuyama Eiheiji Line
- Mikuni Awara Line (This line starts from Fukuiguchi Station formally, but trains run straight into this station.)

[edit] Train Platforms

There are two island platforms and five tracks.

[edit] JR

1	■Hokuriku Main Line Limited Express "Raichō", "Thunderbird"	for Kanazawa, Toyama, Wakuraonsen
	■Hokuriku Main Line Limited Express "Shirasagi"	for Awaraonsen, Kanazawa, Toyama, Wakuraonsen
	■Hokuriku Main Line Sleeper Limited Express "Nihonkai", "Twilight Express"	for Aomori, Sapporo
	■Hokuriku Main Line Local trains	for Awaraonsen, Kanazawa, Toyama
2	■Kuzuryū Line	for Echizen-Ōno, Kuzuryūko
3	■Hokuriku Main Line Local trains	for Awaraonsen, Kanazawa, Toyama
4	■Hokuriku Main Line Special Rapid Service / Local trains	for Takefu, Tsuruga
5	■Hokuriku Main Line Limited Express "Raichō", "Thunderbird"	for Osaka
	■Hokuriku Main Line Limited Express "Shirasagi"	for Maibara, Nagoya
	■Hokuriku Main Line Sleeper Limited Express "Nihonkai", "Twilight Express"	for Osaka

[edit] Surrounding area

The site of Fukui Castle
- Fukui Prefectural Office
- Fukui Prefectural Police Department
Fukui City Hall
NHK Fukui Broadcasting Station
Fukui Municipal Baseball Stadium
Fukui International Activities Plaza
Fukui District Court, Prosecutor's Office, Tax Office
Fukui Chamber of Commerce
Asuwayama Park

[edit] Adjacent stations

«	Service	»
Echizen-Hanando	JR Hokuriku Main Line	Morita
Echizen-Hanando	JR Etsumi-Hoku Line (Kuzuryū Line)	Line begins
Line begins	Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara Line	Shin-Fukui
Line begins	Echizen Railway Katsuyama Eiheiji Line	Shin-Fukui

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Stations of the JR Hokuriku Main Line

Maibara - Sakata - Tamura - Nagahama - Torahime - Kawake - Takatsuki - Kinomoto - Yogo - Ōmi-Shiotsu - Shin-Hikida - Tsuruga - Minami-Imajō - Imajō - Yunō - Nanjō - Ōshio - Takefu - Sabae - Kita-Sabae - Ōdoro - Echizen-Hanandō - Minami-Fukui (※) - Fukui - Morita - Harue - Maruoka - Awaraonsen - Hosorogi - Ushinoya - Daishōji - Kagaonsen - Iburibashi - Awazu - Komatsu - Meihō - Terai - Komaiko - Mikawa - Kaga-Kasama - Mattō - Nonoichi - Nishi-Kanazawa - Kanazawa - Kanazawa Kamotsu Terminal Station (※) - Higashi-Kanazawa - Morimoto - Tsubata - Kurikara - Isurugi - Fukuoka - Nishi-Takaoka - Takaoka - Etchū-Daimon - Kosugi - Kureha - Toyama - Toyama Kamotsu Station (※) - Higashi-Toyama - Mizuhashi - Namerikawa - Higashi-Namerikawa - Uozu - Kurobe - Ikuji - Nishi-Nyūzen - Nyūzen - Tomari - Etchū-Miyazaki - Ichiburi - Oyashirazu - Ōmi - Itoigawa - Kajiyashiki - Uramoto - Nou - Tsutsuishi - Nadachi - Arimagawa - Tanihama - Naoetsu