Fukui Railway Fukubu Line

Fukui Railway Fukubu Line

Fukutetsu Series 200 (left) and Series 770 trains near Daimyōmachi intersection
Overview
Type Heavy rail, light rail
Locale Fukui Prefecture
Termini Echizen-Takefu
Fukui-Ekimae / Tawaramachi
Stations 23
Operation
Opened 1924
Owner Fukui Railway
Technical
Line length 21.4 km[1]
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification 600 V DC, overhead catenary
Operating speed 65 km/h[1]
40 km/h on street-running sections

The Fukui Railway Fukubu Line (福井鉄道福武線 Fukui Tetsudō Fukubu-sen) is a 21.4 km railway line operated by Fukui Railway in Fukui Prefecture. The line runs from Echizen-Takefu Station in Echizen to Tawaramachi and Fukui-Ekimae stations in Fukui. Although it has its own right-of-way for most of the route, the Fukubu Line runs with traffic as a tram line past Fukui-Shin Station.

History

The Fukubu Electric Railway (福武電気鉄道 Fukubu Denki Tetsudō) opened the Fukubu Line on 23 February 1924[1] for the purposes of transporting soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army Sabae 36th Regiment between Takefu-Shin and Heiei (兵営) (now Shinmei) stations.

On March 25, 2010, Sports-Kōen Station was established between the Nishi-Takefu and Iehisa stations. At the same time, five stations were renamed: Takefu-Shin to Echizen-Takefu; Nishi-Takefu to Kitago; Kami-Sabae to Sundome-Nishi; Fukui-Shin to Sekijūjimae; and Saibanshomae to Jin'ai-Joshikōkō.[3][4]

Station list

Station Japanese Distance (km) Sub Express Express Staff Transfers Location
Between
Stations
Total
Echizen-Takefu 越前武生 - 0.0 West Japan Railway Company (JR West): Hokuriku Main Line (Takefu) Echizen
Kitago 北府 0.6 0.6 ×  
Sports-Kōen スポーツ公園 1.1 1.7 ×  
Iehisa 家久 0.7 2.4 ×  
Sundome Nishi サンドーム西 1.7 4.1 ×   Sabae
Nishi-Sabae 西鯖江 1.2 5.3  
Nishiyama-Kōen 西山公園 0.7 6.0  
Mizuochi 水落 1.3 7.3 ×  
Shinmei 神明 1.2 8.5  
Tobanaka 鳥羽中 1.2 9.7 ×  
Sanjūhassha 三十八社 1.2 10.9 ×   Fukui
Taichō no Sato 泰澄の里 1.3 12.2 ×  
Asōzu 浅水 0.8 13.0  
Harmony Hall ハーモニーホール 0.8 13.8 ×  
Seimei 清明 1.1 14.9 ×  
Ebata 江端 0.6 15.5 ×  
Bell-mae ベル前 0.6 16.1  
Hanandō 花堂 0.8 16.9 ×  
Sekijūjimae 赤十字前 0.9 17.8  
Shokokaigishomae 商工会議所前 0.6 18.4 ×  
Asuwayamakoenguchi 足羽山公園口 0.5 18.9 ×  
Shiyakushomae 市役所前 0.7 19.6  
Fukui-eki 福井駅 0.5 20.1 × JR West: Hokuriku Main Line (Fukui)
Echizen Railway: Katsuyama Eiheiji Line (Fukui)
Jin'ai Joshikōkō 仁愛女子高校 0.6* 20.2   ×  
Tawaramachi 田原町 0.7 20.9   × Echizen Railway: Mikuni Awara Line (Some direct for Washizuka-Haribara)
  • Note that distances for Jin'ai Joshikōkō and Tawaramachi Stations are measured from Shiyakushomae Station.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 (Databook: Japan's Private Railways). Japan: Neko Publishing. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
  2. 1 2 3 4 今井恵介監修『日本鉄道旅行地図 6号 北信越』新潮社、2008年、p.25
  3. 福武線に新駅「スポーツ公園駅」 来月25日開業--今年3月 /福井 Fukui Shimbun, February 19, 2010. (Japanese)
  4. 平成22年3月25日 ダイヤ改正! Fukui Railway. (Japanese)

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