Echizen-Takefu Station
Shinkansen railway station in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, Japan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Echizen-Takefu Station (越前たけふ駅, Echizen-takefu-eki)[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 Tsuruga.[3][4][New source needed?]
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Echizen-Takefu Station 越前たけふ駅 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Echizen-Takefu Station under construction (October 2021) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Echizen, Fukui Prefecture Japan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  JR West | ||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Hokuriku Shinkansen | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 16 March 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Echizen-Takefu Station is served by the high-speed Hokuriku Shinkansen when the line was extended west of Kanazawa to Tsuruga on 16 March 2024, with direct services to and from Tokyo.[5]
Platforms
The station consist of 2 side platforms totaling to 2 tracks.
| 1 | ■ Hokuriku Shinkansen | for Fukui, Kanazawa and Tokyo |
| 2 | ■ Hokuriku Shinkansen | for Tsuruga |
- Takefu Interchange, on the Hokuriku Expressway[6]
- National Route 8
- Takefu Station (Hokuriku Main Line), approximately 5 km west
- Takefu-shin 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
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