Echizen-Takefu Station
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Echizen-Takefu Station 越前たけふ駅 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Echizen-Takefu Station under construction (October 2021) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Echizen, Fukui Prefecture Japan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR West | ||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Hokuriku Shinkansen | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 16 March 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Echizen-Takefu Station (越前たけふ駅, Echizen-takefu-eki)[1][2] is a railway station on the Hokuriku Shinkansen, in Echizen, Fukui, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It opened on 16 March 2024 with the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension to Tsuruga.[3][4][New source needed?]
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History[edit]
The station's name is currently being used by Fukui Railway's Echizen-Takefu Station, however the Shinkansen station will inherit the name "Echizen-Takefu Station" while Fukui Railway's station will revert to "Takefu-Shin Station" (last changed in 2010). Its tentative name was Nan'etsu Station.
Lines[edit]
Echizen-Takefu Station is served by the high-speed Hokuriku Shinkansen when the line was extended west of Kanazawa to Tsuruga on 16 March 2024, with direct services to and from Tokyo.[5]
Platforms[edit]
The station consist of 2 side platforms totaling to 2 tracks.
| 1 | ■ Hokuriku Shinkansen | for Fukui, Kanazawa and Tokyo |
| 2 | ■ Hokuriku Shinkansen | for Tsuruga |
Surrounding area[edit]
- Takefu Interchange, on the Hokuriku Expressway[6]
- National Route 8
- Takefu Station (Hokuriku Main Line), approximately 5 km west
- Echizen-Takefu Station (Fukui Railway Fukubu Line), approximately 5 km west
- Echizen City Office
- Jin-ai University
- Fukui Prefectural Takefu Higashi Senior High School
- Manyo Junior High School
- Kitahino Elementary School
- Kitashinjo Elementary School
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ About new station name
- ^ About new station name from Chunichi News
- ^ "あと１年 第２部（３）新駅の課題" [One year to go Part 2 (3) Issues facing new stations]. Yomiuri Online. The Yomiuri Shimbun. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- ^ About time of opening a new station
- ^ "北陸新幹線 金沢—敦賀間の開業日が2024年3月16日に決定 〜運行計画の概要を発表〜" [Hokuriku Shinkansen Extension to Tsuruga to Open on 16 March 2024]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 30 August 2023. Archived from the original on 30 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- ^ "ルート図" [Route map]. Fukui Prefecture. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
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