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Nishi-Betsuin Station西別院駅
Nishi-Betsuin Station entrance Location Prefecture Fukui
(See other stations in Fukui)City Fukui Neighborhood etc. 3 Matsumoto Postal Code 910-0003 (in Japanese) 福井県福井市松本3丁目 History Year opened 1929 Rail services Operator(s) Echizen Railway Line(s) Mikuni Awara Line There is a bus stop near this station
Nishi-Betsuin Station (西別院駅 Nishi-betsuin-eki ) is an Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara Line railway station located in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.
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Station
All Mikuni Awara Line trains serve Nishi-Betsuin Station. The station is staffed during morning and evening hours only.
Surrounding area
- The area is primarily residential, with high-rise apartment buildings and homes lining the streets.
- The name of the station refers to the nearby Nishi-Honganji Temple, Fukui Branch ("betsuin").
- Other points of interest include:
- Japan Self-Defense Force Fukui Provincial Cooperation Office
- Fukui Prefecture governmental building (agricultural and tax offices)
- Fukuiken Shokuinkaikan
- Fukui City Fire Department Naka Fire Station
History
- April 1, 1929: Station opens.
- September 1, 1942: Keifuku Electric Railway merges with Mikuni Awara Electric Railway.
- June 25, 2001: Operations halted due to accident on the Echizen Main Line.
- July 20, 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°04′31″N 136°13′22″E / 36.075142°N 136.222711°EThis Fukui Prefecture railroad station-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.