Maruoka Station | |
Native Name: | 丸岡駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | Kamishinjo Sakai-shi, Fukui-ken, 919-0522 |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 36.162°N 136.2326°W |
Operator: | Hapi-Line Fukui |
Line: | Hapi-Line Fukui Line |
Platforms: | 2 side platform |
Tracks: | 2 |
Distance: | 65.9 km from |
Structure: | Ground level |
Status: | Staffed |
Opened: | 20 September 1897 |
Passengers: | 1112 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2016 |
Map Type: | Japan |
is a railway station on the Hapi-Line Fukui Line in the city of Sakai, Fukui Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Hapi-Line Fukui.
Maruoka Station is served by the Hokuriku Main Line, and is located 65.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .
The station consists of two unnumbered side platforms connected by a footbridge. The station is staffed.
Maruoka Station opened on 20 September 1897 as . It was renamed to Maruoka Station on 15 February 1902. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.
On 16 March 2024, this station was transferred to the Hapi-Line Fukui Line due to the opening of the western extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen from Kanazawa to Tsuruga.[1]
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 1,112 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]