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?]

Echizen-Takefu Station

越前たけふ駅
Echizen-Takefu Station under construction (October 2021)
General information
LocationEchizen, Fukui Prefecture
Japan
Operated byLogo of the West Railway Company (JR West) JR West
Line(s) Hokuriku Shinkansen
History
Opened16 March 2024
Services
Preceding station Logo of the West Railway Company (JR West) JR West Following station
Tsuruga
Terminus
Hokuriku Shinkansen
Fukui
towards Nagano
Hokuriku Shinkansen
Fukui
Hokuriku Shinkansen
Fukui
towards Toyama
Location
Echizen-Takefu Station is located in Fukui Prefecture
Echizen-Takefu Station
Echizen-Takefu Station
Location within Fukui Prefecture
Echizen-Takefu Station is located in Japan
Echizen-Takefu Station
Echizen-Takefu Station
Echizen-Takefu Station (Japan)

History

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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.

 
The station building under construction (September 2019)

Lines

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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

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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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ About new station name
  2. ^ About new station name from Chunichi News
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ About time of opening a new station
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "ルート図" [Route map]. Fukui Prefecture. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2014.


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