Echizen-Takehara Station

Echizen-Takehara Station 越前竹原駅
Echizen-Takehara Station
General information
Location	2 Takehara, Eiheiji, Yoshida, Fukui （福井県吉田郡永平寺町竹原2） Japan
Operated by	Echizen Railway
Line(s)	Katsuyama Eiheiji Line
Connections
History
Opened	1914
Previous names	Ichiarakawa (until 1955)

Echizen-Takehara Station (越前竹原駅, Echizen-takehara-eki) is an Echizen Railway Katsuyama Eiheiji Line railway station located in Eiheiji, Yoshida District, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

Station

All Katsuyama Eiheiji Line trains serve Echizen-Takehara Station. Two tracks serve a single platform, and the station is unstaffed. Between Echizenguchi and Katsuyama, trains generally pass one another at this station

Surrounding area

• The station faces Fukui Prefectural Route 255 and a small group of houses on the other side of the road. Behind the station are rice fields.
• Other points of interest include:
  • Ninki-no-Sato
  • Kamishii Bunka Kaikan Sun-Sun Hall
  • Eiheiji Municipal Library, Kamishii Branch

History

• February 11, 1914: Ichiarakawa Station (市荒川駅) opens.
• September 1, 1955: Ichiarakawa Station demolished; Echizen-Takehara Station opens approximately 300 meters west.
• June 25, 2001: Operations halted due to accident on the Echizen Main Line.
• October 19, 2003: Station reopens as an Echizen Railway station.