- Kitago Station
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Kitago Station北府駅
Station entrance Location Prefecture Fukui
(See other stations in Fukui)City Echizen Neighborhood etc. 2-3-20 Kitago Postal Code 915-0802 (in Japanese) 福井県越前市北府2丁目3番地20号 History Year opened 1924 Former name Nishi-Takefu Station Present name since 2010 Rail services Operator(s) Fukui Railway Line(s) Fukubu Line Statistics 33,496 passengers/year
(2007 MLITT data)There are no bus services at this station Kitago Station (北府駅 Kitago-eki ) is a Fukui Railway Fukubu Line railway station located in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.
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Services
Local trains serve Nishi-Takefu station. The station is not staffed, but there is a public telephone and vending machine available.
Surrounding area
- Fukui Railway company headquarters
- Fukui Railway train maintenance facility and bus depot
- Takefu High School
History
The station opened on February 23, 1924 as Nishi-Takefu Station (西武生駅 Nishi-Takefu-eki ) and was renamed to the present name on March 25, 2010.[1]
References
- ^ 川本光憲 (February 20, 2010). "新駅は「スポーツ公園駅」 福鉄福武線・武生新-西武生間 [New station named Sports Kōen Station, between Takefu-Shin and Nishi-Takefu, Fukutetsu Fukubu Line]" (in Japanese). Chunichi Web. http://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/feature/railway/list/201002/CK2010022002100006.html. Retrieved June 26, 2010.
Echizen-Takefu - Kitago - Sports Kōen - Iehisa - Sundome Nishi - Nishi-Sabae - Nishiyama-Kōen - Mizuochi - Shinmei - Tobanaka - Sanjūhassha - Asōzu - Harmony Hall - Ebata - Bell-mae - Hanandō - Sekijūjimae - Kidayotsutsuji - Kōenguchi - Shiyakushomae - Jin'ai Joshikōkō - Tawaramachi
Branch: Shiyakushomae - Fukui-Ekimae
Coordinates: 35°54′36″N 136°10′00″E / 35.910122°N 136.166575°EThis Fukui Prefecture railroad station-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.