Mikata Station | |
Native Name: | 三方駅 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Address: | 43-5 Mikata, Wakasa-cho, Mikatakaminaka-gun, Fukui-ken 919-1303 |
Country: | Japan |
Operator: | JR West |
Line: | Obama Line |
Platforms: | 1 side platform |
Tracks: | 1 |
Distance: | 24.7 km from |
Status: | Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi) |
Opened: | 15 December 1917 |
Passengers: | 89 daily |
Pass Year: | FY2016 |
Map Type: | Japan |
is a railway station in the town of Wakasa, Mikatakaminaka District, Fukui Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Mikata Station is served by the Obama Line, and is located 24.7 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .
The station consists of one island platform, of which one side is not in operation and is now a flower bed. The other side serves as a side platform serving a single bi-directional track, connected to the station building by an underground passage. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.
Mikata Station opened on 15 December 1917. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.
In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 89 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[1]