Fukui Station (Tochigi)

Fukui Station (福居駅, Fukui-eki) is a railway station in the city of Ashikaga, Tochigi, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tobu Railway.

TI13 Fukui Station 福居駅
Fukui Station in September 2021
General information
Location	Fukui-cho, Ashikaga-shi, Tochigi-ken 326-0338 Japan
Coordinates	36.3053°N 139.4589°E / 36.3053; 139.4589
Operated by	Tobu Railway
Line(s)	Tobu Isesaki Line
Distance	83.9 km from Asakusa
Platforms	2 side platforms
Other information
Station code	TI-13
Website	Official website
History
Opened	27 August 1907
Passengers
FY2020	810 daily
Services
Preceding station Tobu Railway Following station Agata TI12 towards Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen Isesaki Line Local Tōbu-Izumi TI14 towards Isesaki
Location Fukui Station Location within Tochigi Prefecture Show map of Tochigi Prefecture Fukui Station Fukui Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Lines

Fukui Station is served by the Tobu Isesaki Line, and is located 83.9 km from the line's Tokyo terminus at Asakusa.^[1]

Station layout

An overview of the station platforms, March 2007

This station has two parallel side platforms, connected to the station building by a footbridge. The same side of each platform (i.e. the side opposite the location of the station building) is used.

Platforms

1	■ Tobu Isesaki Line	for Ashikagashi and Ōta
2	■ Tobu Isesaki Line	for Tatebayashi, Kuki, Kita-Senju, and Asakusa

History

Fukui Station opened on 27 August 1907.^[2]

From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tobu lines, with Fukui Station becoming "TI-13".^[3]

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  Old station, November 2012

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 810 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[4]

Surrounding area

• Fukui Post Office
• National Route 50

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 198. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
2. Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 222. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
3. 「東武スカイツリーライン」誕生！ あわせて駅ナンバリングを導入し、よりわかりやすくご案内します [Tobu Sky Tree Line created! Station numbering to be introduced at same time] (PDF). Tobu News (in Japanese). Tobu Railway. 9 February 2012. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
4. 駅情報(乗降人員) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: Tobu Railway. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

External links

Media related to Fukui Station (Tochigi) at Wikimedia Commons

• Fukui Station information Archived 2019-11-30 at the Wayback Machine (Tobu) (in Japanese)