Fukui Station (Fukui)
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Fukui Station
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JR Fukui Station building
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| Location | 1-1-1 Chūō, Fukui, Fukui （福井県福井市中央1丁目1-1） Japan |
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| Opened | 1896 |
Fukui Station (福井駅 Fukui-eki?) is a railway station in Fukui, Fukui, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the private railway operator Echizen Railway.
Fukui Station is served by the following railway companies and lines:
Fukui-eki Station (福井駅電停 Fukui-eki dentei?), in front of the JR station, is served by:
It is also scheduled to become a station on the high-speed Hokuriku Shinkansen line when the extension west of Kanazawa opens around 2025.
The JR West station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.
The JR West station consists of two island platforms and five tracks located in the above-ground portion of Fukui Station.
The Echizen Railway has two tracks serving one temporary island platform located atop the future Shinkansen viaduct until construction of its own permanent elevated station is completed.
What is now the JR West station opened on 15 July 1896.
In January 1952, JNR opened a new station building with financial support from the local government.
With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.
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