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Nishi-Nagata Station西長田駅
Nishi-Nagata Station Location Prefecture Fukui
(See other stations in Fukui)City Sakai Neighborhood etc. 20 Nishi-Nagata, Harue-chō Postal Code 919-0404 (in Japanese) 福井県坂井市春江町西長田20 History Year opened 1928 Rail services Operator(s) Echizen Railway Line(s) Mikuni Awara Line There are no bus services at this station Nishi-Nagata Station (西長田駅 Nishi-nagata-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 Nishi-Nagata Station. There are three tracks with one island and one side platform. The station is staffed except during early mornings and late nights on weekdays.
Surrounding area
- The area is mostly rice fields with scattered farming settlements. Fukui Prefectural Route 5 is 300 meters west.
- Other points of interest include:
- Sakai City Ōishi Elementary School
- Yurinosato Park
History
- December 20, 1928: Station opens.
- June 15, 1931: Maruoka Railway opens between Nishi-Nagata and Kami-Shinjō stations.
- September 1, 1942: Keifuku Electric Railway merges with Mikuni Awara Electric Railway.
- December 1, 1944: Keifuku Electric Railway absorbs Maruoka Railway.
- July 11, 1968: Maruoka Line abolished.
- 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°09′13″N 136°12′23″E / 36.153596°N 136.20639°EThis Fukui Prefecture railroad station-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.