Kitago Station

Kitago Station
北府駅
Station entrance
Location
Prefecture Fukui
(See other stations in Fukui)
City Echizen
Neighborhood etc. 2-3-20 Kitago
Postal Code 915-0802
(in Japanese) 福井県越前市北府2丁目3番地20号
History
Year opened 1924
Former name Nishi-Takefu Station
Present name since 2010
Rail services
Operator(s) Fukui Railway
Line(s) Fukubu Line
Statistics 33,496 passengers/year
(2007 MLITT data)
There are no bus services at this station

Kitago Station (北府駅 Kitago-eki?) is a Fukui Railway Fukubu Line railway station located in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

Contents

Services

Local trains serve Nishi-Takefu station. The station is not staffed, but there is a public telephone and vending machine available.

Surrounding area

History

The station opened on February 23, 1924 as Nishi-Takefu Station (西武生駅 Nishi-Takefu-eki?) and was renamed to the present name on March 25, 2010.[1]

References

  1. ^ 川本光憲 (February 20, 2010). "新駅は「スポーツ公園駅」　福鉄福武線・武生新－西武生間 [New station named Sports Kōen Station, between Takefu-Shin and Nishi-Takefu, Fukutetsu Fukubu Line]" (in Japanese). Chunichi Web. http://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/feature/railway/list/201002/CK2010022002100006.html. Retrieved June 26, 2010. 
Stations of the Fukui Railway Fukubu Line