Echizen-Takefu Station Explained

Echizen-Takefu Station
Native Name:	越前たけふ駅
Native Name Lang:	ja
Style:	JR West
Address:	Echizen, Fukui Prefecture
Country:	Japan
Line:	Hokuriku Shinkansen
Opened:	16 March 2024
Map Type:	Japan Fukui Prefecture#Japan
Map Dot Label:	Echizen-Takefu Station

^{[1] [2]} is a railway station on the Hokuriku Shinkansen, in Echizen, Fukui, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It opened on 16 March 2024 with the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension to .^{[3] [4]} [New source needed?]

History

The station's name is currently being used by Fukui Railway's Echizen-Takefu Station, however the Shinkansen station will inherit the name "Echizen-Takefu Station" while Fukui Railway's station will revert to "Takefu-Shin Station" (last changed in 2010). Its tentative name was Nan'etsu Station.

Lines

Echizen-Takefu Station is served by the high-speed Hokuriku Shinkansen when the line was extended west of to on 16 March 2024, with direct services to and from .^[5]

Platforms

The station consist of 2 side platforms totaling to 2 tracks.

Surrounding area

• Takefu Interchange, on the Hokuriku Expressway^[6]
• National Route 8
• Takefu Station (Hokuriku Main Line), approximately 5 km west
• Echizen-Takefu Station (Fukui Railway Fukubu Line), approximately 5 km west
• Echizen City Office
• Jin-ai University
• Fukui Prefectural Takefu Higashi Senior High School
• Manyo Junior High School
• Kitahino Elementary School
• Kitashinjo Elementary School

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

35.8962°N 136.1991°W

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20210515110007/https://www.fukuishimbun.co.jp/articles/-/1316537 About new station name
2. https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/253366 About new station name from Chunichi News
3. Web site: あと１年 第２部（３）新駅の課題 . One year to go Part 2 (3) Issues facing new stations . The Yomiuri Shimbun . Yomiuri Online . 20 March 2014 . 19 July 2014.
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20210513054629/https://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/items/210513_00_hokurikushinkansen.pdf About time of opening a new station
5. Web site: 30 August 2023 . 北陸新幹線 金沢—敦賀間の開業日が2024年3月16日に決定 〜運行計画の概要を発表〜 . Hokuriku Shinkansen Extension to Tsuruga to Open on 16 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230830213123/https://railf.jp/news/2023/08/31/055500.html . 30 August 2023 . 30 August 2023 . Japan Railfan Magazine Online . ja.
6. Web site: ルート図 . Route map . Fukui Prefecture . 20 July 2014 . 29 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190729073810/http://info.pref.fukui.jp/sokou/s-hinkansen/2-3-6.html . dead .