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Mikuni-Minato Station三国港駅
Mikuni-Minato Station entrance Location Prefecture Fukui
(See other stations in Fukui)City Sakai Neighborhood etc. 1-16-1 Shuku, Mikuni-chō Postal Code 913-0056 (in Japanese) 福井県坂井市三国町宿1-16-1 History Year opened 1914 Rail services Operator(s) Echizen Railway Line(s) Mikuni Awara Line There is a bus stop near this station Mikuni-Minato Station (三国港駅 Mikuni-minato-eki ) is an Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara Line railway station located in Sakai, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.
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Station
All Mikuni Awara Line trains serve Mikuni-Minato Station. The station is unstaffed, but there is a waiting area inside the wooden station building.
Surrounding area
- To the south lies the mouth of the Kuzuryū River, which empties into the Sea of Japan. The port of Mikuni and some beaches are also nearby.
- Prefectural Route 7 runs in front of the station. National Route 305 lies across the river.
- Other points of interest include:
- Mikuni Sunset Beach
- Mikuni Hot Spring Yuaport
- Mikuni Morning Market
- Mikuni Yacht Harbor
- Mikuni Sports Park
- Takidanji Temple
History
- July 1, 1914: Station opens as a JGR (later JNR) freight terminal.
- December 15, 1927: Regular passenger operations begin.
- October 11, 1944: JGR operations cease; Keifuku Electric Railway reopens the station as the terminus of the Mikuni Awara Line. Station continues as a JGR freight terminal.
- March 1, 1972: JNR station closed.
- 1981: Station becomes unstaffed.
- June 25, 2001: Operations halted due to accident on the Echizen Main Line.
- August 10, 2003: Station reopens as an Echizen Railway station.
Adjacent stations
Stations of the Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara Line Fukui - Shin-Fukui - Fukuiguchi - Nishi-Betsuin - Tawaramachi - Fukudaimae-Nishi-Fukui - Nikkakagaku-Mae - Yatsushima - Nittazuka - Nakatsuno - Jin'ai Ground-Mae - Washizuka-Haribara - Tarōmaru - Nishi-Harue - Nishi-Nagata - Shimo-Hyōgo - Ōzeki - Honjō - Banden - Awara-Yunomachi - Mizui - Mikuni-Jinja - Mikuni - Mikuni-Minato
Coordinates: 36°13′13″N 136°08′24″E / 36.220285°N 136.140072°EThis Fukui Prefecture railroad station-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.