Mikuni Station (Fukui)

Mikuni Station 三国駅
Mikuni Station entrance
Location	2-1-20 Kitahonmachi, Mikuni-chō, Sakai, Fukui （福井県坂井市三国町北本町2-1-20） Japan
Operated by	Echizen Railway
Line(s)	Mikuni Awara Line
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	1911

Mikuni Station (三国駅, Mikuni-eki) is an Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara Line railway station located in Sakai, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

Station

All Mikuni Awara Line trains serve Mikuni Station. The station is staffed, with a three-story station building located beside the single platform.

Surrounding area

• The station opens onto a rotary with a small Keifuku bus terminal and taxi stand
• Behind the station are steep hills; pedestrians can cross to the front entrance via a bridge, but automobile traffic must make a detour.
• Other points of interest include:
  • Mikuni Ryushokan Museum
  • Mikuni Bunka Miraikan
  • Sakai Municipal Mikuni-Kita Elementary School
  • Fukui Prefectural Mikuni Senior High School

History

The station originally belonged to the Mikuni Line of Japanese Government Railways. When the Mikuni Line suspended operation in 1944, Keifuku Electric Railway (now Echizen Railway) inherited the station.

• December 15, 1911: Mikuni Station opens as a station on the Mikuni Line.
• January 31, 1929: Mikuni Awara Electric Railway Mikunichō Station opens adjacent to Mikuni Station.
• February 10, 1929: Mikunichō Station renamed Densha-Mikuni Station.
• May 28, 1932: Mikuni Awara Electric Railway extends service to Higashi-Tōjinbō Station.
• September 1, 1942: Keifuku Electric Railway merges with Mikuni Awara Electric Railway.
• January 11, 1944: Densha-Mikuni — Higashi-Tōjinbō section operation ends.
• October 11, 1944: Mikuni Line operation suspended; Densha-Mikuni Station moves to JGR Mikuni Station and Keifuku succeeds operation of former JGR line between Mikuni and Mikuni-Minato.
• March 1, 1972: Mikuni Line officially closed.
• June 25, 2001: Operations halted due to accident on the Echizen Main Line.
• August 10, 2003: Station reopens as an Echizen Railway station.

Adjacent stations

Coordinates: 36°13′01″N 136°08′58″E / 36.217061°N 136.149481°E / 36.217061; 136.149481