Nishinagata Yurinosato Station

Nishinagata Yurinosato Station 西長田ゆりの里駅
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
Operated by	Echizen Railway
Line(s)	Mikuni Awara Line
Connections
Other information
Station code	E35
History
Opened	1928
Previous names	Nishi-Nagata (until 2017)

Nishinagata Yurinosato Station (西長田ゆりの里駅, Nishinagata-Yurinosato-eki) is an Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara Line railway station located in Sakai, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

Station

All Mikuni Awara Line trains serve Nishinagata Yurinosato 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 as Nishi-Nagata Station.
• 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.
• March 25, 2017: Renamed as Nishinagata Yurinosato Station.^[1]

References

Coordinates: 36°09′13″N 136°12′23″E / 36.153596°N 136.20639°E / 36.153596; 136.20639