Eiheijiguchi Station | |
Native Name: | 永平寺口駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 9 Higashi-Furuichi, Eiheiji-machi, Yoshida-gun, Fukui-ken 910-1212 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 36.0958°N 136.3268°W |
Operator: | Echizen Railway |
Line: | Katsuyama Eiheiji Line |
Platforms: | 1 side + 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 3 |
Distance: | 10.9 km from |
Code: | E12 |
Status: | Staffed |
Opened: | February 11, 1914 |
Former: | Eiheiji; Higashi-Furuichi (until 2003) |
Map Type: | Japan |
is a railway station on the Katsuyama Eiheiji Line in the town of Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Echizen Railway.
Eiheijiguchi Station is served by the Katsuyama Eiheiji Line, and is located 10.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .
The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected by a level crossing. The station is staffed. The original station building from 1914 has been preserved as a community centre.[1]
Eiheijiguchi Station was opened on February 11, 1914 as . On the Eiheiji Railway opened the Eiheijiguchi - Eiheijimon-Mae section, with through trains from Shin-Fukui to Eiheijimon-Mae operating from April 26, 1926. The station was renamed to its present name on January 1, 1927. On December 10, 1929 the Eiheiji Railway Kanazu (now) - Eiheijiguchi section opened. On December 1, 1944 the line was transferred to the Keifuku Electric Railway and the station was renamed . The Kanazu to Higashi-Furuichi section was closed on September 18, 1969. On December 17, 2000, two trains collided just east of the station due to a brake malfunction.
Operations were halted from June 25, 2001 due to a second accident. The spy line to Eiheiji was closed from October 21, 2001. The station was renamed back to its present name on October 21, 2001. The station reopened on July 20, 2003 as an Echizen Railway station. A new station building as completed on April 11, 2014 [2]