Fukui Castle Ruins-daimyomachi Station

Fukui Castle Ruins-daimyomachi Station (福井城址大名町駅, Fukuijōshi-daimyōmachi-eki) is a Fukui Railway Fukubu Line station located in the city of Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

Fukui Castle Ruins-daimyomachi Station 福井城址大名町駅
Fukui Castle Ruins-daimyomachi Station in May 2018
General information
Location	3 Ōte, Fukui-shi, Fukui-ken 910-0005 Japan
Coordinates	36°03′48″N 136°13′03″E
Operated by	Fukui Railway
Line(s)	■ Fukubu Line
Distance	19.3 km from Takefu-shin
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Unstaffed
Station code	F22
Website	Official website
History
Opened	October 15, 1933
Previous names	Daimyōchō (until 1950) Shiyakushomae (until 2018)
Location Fukui Castle Ruins-daimyomachi Station Location within Japan

Lines

Fukui Castle Ruins-daimyomachi Station is served by the Fukui Railway Fukubu Line, and is located 19.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Takefu-shin. It is also the terminus of a branch line to Fukui Station. Trains heading from Echizen-Takefu Station to Fukui Station switch directions at this station as if at a switchback; other trains terminate at Tawaramachi.

Station layout

The station consists of two ground-level opposed side platforms connected by a level crossing. There is no station building, but rather two raised platforms in the median of Phoenix-dōri (Prefectural Route 30) from which customers board and disembark. During peak periods a conductor is stationed on the platform to collect fares, but at other times the station is unstaffed.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Fukui Railway Fukubu Line
Shinmei		Special Limited Express		Terminus
Asuwayama-Koenguchi		Limited Express		Jin'ai Joshikōkō
Asuwayama-Koenguchi		Local		Jin'ai Joshikōkō
Fukui Railway Fukubu Line (spur)
Terminus		Special Limited Express		Fukui
Terminus		Limited Express		Fukui
Terminus		Local		Fukui

History

The station was opened on October 15, 1933 as Daimyōchō Station (大名町駅, Daimyōchō-eki). On November 27, 1950 Daimyōchō Station was renamed Honmachi-dōri Station (本町通り駅) and Shiyakushomae Station was opened. Honmachi-dōri Station abolished on July 15, 2002 and Shiyakushomae Station renamed Fukui Castles Ruins-daimyomachi Station on March 24, 2018.

Surrounding area

• Towards the west are the Fukui Prefectural Government buildings, Fukui City Hall, and the Fukui Central Post Office.
• The Fukui Textile Association building lies to the east; the Keifuku Bus Terminal is on the ground floor. Also to the east is the headquarters branch of Fukui Bank.
• Fukui Sakae Post Office is southeast of the station.

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

External links

Media related to Fukui Castle Ruins-Daimyomachi Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Japanese)