- Ōzeki Station (Fukui)
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Ōzeki Station大関駅
Ōzeki Station Location Prefecture Fukui
(See other stations in Fukui)City Sakai Neighborhood etc. 30 Ōmi, Sakai-chō Postal Code 919-0547 (in Japanese) 福井県坂井市坂井町大味30 History Year opened 1928 Rail services Operator(s) Echizen Railway Line(s) Mikuni Awara Line There are no bus services at this station Ōzeki Station (大関駅 Ōzeki-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 Ōzeki Station. There are two tracks serving a single island platform, and the station is unstaffed. A piece of public art doubles as a roofed walkway between the station and a nearby parking lot.
Surrounding area
- The station is surrounded by residences and fields. Fukui Prefectural Route 154 lies to the south.
- Other points of interest include:
- Fukui / Ishikawa Prefectural Route 5 (Awara Kaidō)
- Ricoh Japan Fukui Plant
- Ōzeki Post Office
History
- December 30, 1928: 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.
- 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°11′12″N 136°12′14″E / 36.186704°N 136.203897°EThis Fukui Prefecture railroad station-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.