Ōzeki Station (Fukui)

Ōzeki Station 大関駅
Ōzeki Station
Location	30 Ōmi, Sakai-chō, Sakai, Fukui （福井県坂井市坂井町大味30） Japan
Operated by	Echizen Railway
Line(s)	Mikuni Awara Line
Connections
History
Opened	1928

Ōzeki Station (大関駅, Ōzeki-eki) is an Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara Line railway station located in Sakai, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

Station

All Mikuni Awara Line trains serve Ōzeki Station. There are two tracks serving a single island platform, and the station is unstaffed. A piece of public art doubles as a roofed walkway between the station and a nearby parking lot.

Surrounding area

The station is surrounded by residences and fields. Fukui Prefectural Route 154 lies to the south.
Other points of interest include:
- Fukui / Ishikawa Prefectural Route 5 (Awara Kaidō)
- Ricoh Japan Fukui Plant
- Ōzeki Post Office

History

December 30, 1928: Station opens.
September 1, 1942: Keifuku Electric Railway merges with Mikuni Awara Electric Railway.
June 25, 2001: Operations halted due to accident on the Echizen Main Line.
August 10, 2003: Station reopens as an Echizen Railway station.

Adjacent stations

Stations of the Echizen Railway Mikuni Awara Line

Fukui Shin-Fukui Fukuiguchi Matsumoto Machiya Nishi-Betsuin Tawaramachi Fukudaimae-Nishi-Fukui Nikkakagaku-Mae Yatsushima Nittazuka Nakatsuno Jin'ai Ground-Mae Washizuka-Haribara Tarōmaru Nishi-Harue Nishi-Nagata Shimo-Hyōgo Ōzeki Honjō Banden Awara-Yunomachi Mizui Mikuni-Jinja Mikuni Mikuni-Minato

Coordinates: 36°11′12″N 136°12′14″E / 36.186704°N 136.203897°E / 36.186704; 136.203897

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